An update of cancer incidence in the agricultural health study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1098-1105

  Koutros, Stella ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^b   Hoppin, Jane A ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^c   Knott, Charles ^d   Blair, Aaron ^a   Freeman, Laura E Beane ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; MALE; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SUNLIGHT; VIRUS;

EID: 78649680573     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181f72b7c     Document Type: Article

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