Proportionate mortality among current and former members of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO, in California 1973-2000

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Mills, Paul K ^a,b   Beaumont, James J ^c   Nasseri, Kiumarss ^d  

^a Cancer Registry of Central California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Tri Counties Cancer Surveillance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Deaths; Epidemiology; Farm worker

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACCIDENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33749534880     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v11n01_05     Document Type: Article

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