Pesticides and cancer

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-289

  Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a   Ward, Mary H ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748952139     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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