Cancer in migrant and seasonal hired farm workers

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-191

  Mills, Paul K ^a   Dodge, Jennifer ^a   Yang, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Migrant farm workers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MEXICO; MIGRATION; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MEXICO; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 68949220827     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240902824034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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