A Pilot Case-Cohort Study of Liver and Pancreatic Cancers in Poultry Workers

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 755-766

  Felini, Martha ^a   Johnson, Eric ^a   Preacely, Nykiconia ^a   Sarda, Vishnu ^a   Ndetan, Harrison ^a   Bangara, Saritha ^a  

^a UNT Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Liver; Occupation; Oncogenic Viruses; Pancreas; Poultry; Risk Factors

Indexed keywords

TYPHOID VACCINE; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CANCER; PIG FARMING; PILOT STUDY; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TUMOR VIRUS; TYPHOID FEVER; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; YELLOW FEVER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TYPHOID-PARATYPHOID VACCINES; YELLOW FEVER VACCINE;

EID: 80052195075     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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