Breast cancer risk in Hispanic agricultural workers in California

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-131

  Mills, Paul K ^a,b   Yang, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cancer Registry of Central California   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Farming; Hispanics; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CAPTAN; CHLORDANE; CHLOROTHALONIL; DICHLOROPROPANE; DICOFOL; DIMPYLATE; MALATHION; MANEB; METHYL BROMIDE; PESTICIDE; PROPARGITE; SIMAZINE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CROP; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSHROOM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21444436957     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2005.11.2.123     Document Type: Article

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