Cancer incidence among Finnish farmers, 1995-2005

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Supplement

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Laakkonen, Aarne ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Farm type; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT CANCER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URETER CANCER; URETHRA CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; CATTLE FARMING; CROP PRODUCTION; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FINLAND; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; CROP PRODUCTION; DAIRY FARMING; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 42549083010     PISSN: 03566528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1167     Document Type: Article

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