Host factors, occupation, and testicular cancer in Saskatchewan, Canada: 1979-2002

Journal of Agricultural Safety and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 247-258

  McDuffie, Helen H ^a   Quail, Jacqueline ^b   Ghosh, Sunita ^a   Pahwa, Punam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Farmer; Herbicides; Occupation; Pesticides; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OCCUPATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SASKATCHEWAN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547981301     PISSN: 10747583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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