Cancer incidence and mortality in a historical cohort of Australian pest control workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 818-823

  MacFarlane, Ewan ^a   Benke, G ^a   Del Monaco, A ^a   Sim, M R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL PEST CONTROL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; WORKER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PEST CONTROL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEST CONTROL; SUICIDE;

EID: 73449109147     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.045427     Document Type: Article

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