Cause-specific mortality of Dutch chlorophenoxy herbicide manufacturing workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-31

  Boers, Daisy ^a   Portengen, L ^a   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^b   Heederik, D ^a   Vermeulen, R ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXYPROPANOIC ACID; HERBICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HERBICIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74049137167     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044222     Document Type: Article

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