Cancer incidence among farmers exposed to lindane while sheep dipping

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-189

  Rafnsson, Vilhjalmur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Lip cancer; hexachlorocyclohexane

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LINDANE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HCH; INSECTICIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; KIDNEY CANCER; LIP CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SHEEP FARMING; STOMACH CANCER;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33745627764     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.997     Document Type: Article

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