Systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality in crop protection product manufacturing workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-15

  Jones, D R ^a   Sutton, A J ^a   Abrams, K R ^a   Fenty, J ^a   Warren, F ^a   Rushton, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Institute for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 58349090432     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.035733     Document Type: Review

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