Cancer Mortality in a Cohort of Male Agricultural Workers from Northern Italy

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Bucchi, Lauro ^a   Nanni, Oriana ^b   Ravaioli, Alessandra ^a   Falcini, Fabio ^a   Ricci, Rosalba ^b   Buiatti, Eva ^c   Amadori, Dino ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ONCOLOGICO ROMAGNOLO   (Italy)

^c Tuscany Regional Health Agency   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH CANCER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642348814     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000116804.10496.fc     Document Type: Article

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