Suicide in Australian pesticide-exposed workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 259-264

  Macfarlane, E ^a   Simpson, P ^a   Benke, G ^a   Sim, M R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholinesterase; Nested case control studies; Occupational epidemiology; Pesticide exposure; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957829522     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqr031     Document Type: Article

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