Disease and injury among participants in the Agricultural Health Study

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-150

  Blair, Aaron ^a   Sandler, Dale ^b   Thomas, Kent ^c   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Kamel, Freya ^b   Coble, Joseph ^a   Lee, Won Jin ^d   Rusiecki, Jennifer ^a   Knott, Charles ^e   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Lynch, Charles F ^f   Lubin, Jay ^a   Alavanja, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Farmers; Injuries; Mortality; Pesticides; Prospective study; Respiratory disease

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER; FARMERS; INJURIES; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

AGRICULTURE;

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; IOWA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PESTICIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20444375789     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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