Health risk and occupation in agricultural settings in Italy

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-102

  Miligi, Lucia ^a   Aprea, Cristina ^b   Settimi, Laura ^c  

^a CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 7   (Italy)

^c National Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Pesticides; Pesticides related illnesses; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21344447015     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.1.96     Document Type: Article

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