Epidemiological study of high cancer among rural agricultural community of Punjab in Northern India

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Thakur, J S ^a   Rao, B T ^a   Rajwanshi, Arvind ^a   Parwana, H K ^b   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Punjab Pollution Control Board   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cancer; Environmental pollution; Morbidity; Mortality; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORPYRIFOS; CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER; ETHION; HEAVY METAL; HEPTACHLOR; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; TILLAGE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WATER SAMPLING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 58849087108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph5050399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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