| Document ID (ISN) | 39778 |
| CIS number |
83-800 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0140-6736 - Lancet |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Milham S. |
| Title |
Herbicides, occupation, and cancer |
| Bibliographic information |
26 June 1982, Vol.1, No.8287, p.1464-1465. 1 ref. |
| Abstract |
This letter to the Editor gives an update of a NIOSH study on mortality due to soft tissue sarcomas, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin lymphomas for men exposed to phenoxy herbicides and chlorophenols. Only farmers (not otherwise specified) have a significant excess of soft tissue sarcomas, but the total proportional mortality rate for the occupations listed is not significantly increased. The mortality patterns reported do not offer convincing support for a link between phenoxy herbicides and chlorophenyl and these cancers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
herbicides; phenoxyphenols; neoplasms; agriculture; chlorophenols |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
lymphoma; mortality; sarcomas; Hodgkin's disease |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Agricultural chemicals
Phenols and phenolic compounds
Alcohols
Agriculture
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