Causes of Death and Incidence of Cancer in a Cohort of Australian Pesticide-Exposed Workers

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 273-280

  MacFarlane, Ewan ^a   Benke, Geza ^a   Del Monaco, Anthony ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cause of Death; Cohort Studies; Insecticides; Mortality; Neoplasms; Occupational Exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 77649315413     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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