Agricultural pesticide use and adenocarcinomas of the stomach and oesophagus

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 743-749

  Lee, W J ^a   Lijinsky, W ^c   Heineman, E F ^a   Markin, R S ^b   Weisenburger, D D ^b   Ward, M H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4444224124     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.011858     Document Type: Review

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