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Use of Dieselized Farm Equipment and Incident Lung Cancer: Findings from the Agricultural Health Study Cohort

Description
Discusses a study on the correlation between lung cancer and exposure to diesel exhaust in agricultural environments. Breaks down data by diesel and gasoline exhaust, length of exposure, and looks at the rates of cancer of both farmers and their spouses. Data based on questionnaires returned in 1993-1997 and draws from cancer registries up to 2011.
Author(s)
Séverine Tual, Debra T. Silverman, Stella Koutros, et al.
Citation
Environmental Health Perspectives, 124(5), 611-618
Date
05/2016
Type
Document
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Cancer · Farmers and farmworkers · Statistics and data · Iowa · North Carolina