Agricultural exposures and gastric cancer risk in Hispanic farm workers in California

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-289

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

^a Cancer Registry of Central California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Farm workers; Gastric cancer; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; CHLORDANE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; LATINO PEOPLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CITRUS FRUIT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS;

EID: 34247637222     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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