Open AccessCancer incidence among farmers exposed to lindane while sheep dipping
Author(s) -
Vilhjálmur Rafnsson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.997
Subject(s) - cancer , incidence (geometry) , stomach cancer , cancer registry , population , medicine , rectum , colorectal cancer , demography , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
The objective of this study was to determine whether site-specific cancer incidence among farmers exposed to the insecticide lindane (g-hexachlorocyclohexane) while dipping sheep differs from that of the general population in Iceland.