A case-control study of farming and prostate cancer in African-American and Caucasian men

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 155-160

  Meyer, Tamra E ^a   Coker, Ann L ^a   Sanderson, Maureen ^b   Symanski, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; AGRICULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROSTATE TUMOR; REGISTER; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MALE; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 33947491878     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027383     Document Type: Article

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