Long-term Health Effects of the Occupational Exposure to DDT
A Preliminary Report†
PIERLUIGI COCCO,
AARON BLAIR,
PATRIZIA CONGIA,
GIOVANNA SABA,
ANNA R. ECCA,
COSTANTINO PALMAS,
Corresponding Author
PIERLUIGI COCCO
Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro Universita di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Pierluigi Cocco, M.D., Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09126 Cagliari, Italy. Phone: + 39 70 602-8278; fax: + 39 70 654350; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAARON BLAIR
Occupational Studies Section Environmental Epidemiology Branch National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro Universita di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGIOVANNA SABA
Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorPIERLUIGI COCCO,
AARON BLAIR,
PATRIZIA CONGIA,
GIOVANNA SABA,
ANNA R. ECCA,
COSTANTINO PALMAS,
Corresponding Author
PIERLUIGI COCCO
Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro Universita di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Address for correspondence and reprint requests: Pierluigi Cocco, M.D., Institute of Occupational Medicine, University of Cagliari, via San Giorgio 12, 09126 Cagliari, Italy. Phone: + 39 70 602-8278; fax: + 39 70 654350; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorAARON BLAIR
Occupational Studies Section Environmental Epidemiology Branch National Cancer Institute Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Search for more papers by this authorPATRIZIA CONGIA
Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro Universita di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGIOVANNA SABA
Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorANNA R. ECCA
Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCOSTANTINO PALMAS
Istituto di Parassitologia Università. di Cagliari Cagliari, Italy
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The work of one of the authors (P.C.) at the National Cancer Institute was supported with funding from the International Union Against Cancer (Geneva, Switzerland) and the NCI/EORTC Exchange Program (Brussels, Belgium).
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