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Cancer among greenhouse owners and their relatives: Results of a pilot study

✍ Scribed by Laura Settimi; Elisabetta Rapiti; Francesco Forastiere; Valeria Fano; Nicoletta Pupp; A. Callopoli; Olav Axelson

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 27 KB
Volume: 33
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-3586
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199801)33:1<88::aid-ajim10>3.0.co;2-1

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✦ Synopsis

pesticides; cancer mortality; greenhouse owners; relatives

Greenhouse workers and, more specifically, flower growers, deserve attention, since they may experience particularly high and frequent exposure to pesticides [Brouwer et al., 1992a,b]. Cytogenetic studies have shown significant increases of chromosomal aberrations, sister chromatide exchange and micronuclei levels among these workers in comparison to open field farmers and other occupational groups [De Ferrari et al.,

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