Cancer incidence and death rates in Argentine rural towns surrounded by pesticide-treated agricultural land

• Main Authors: Damián Verzeñassi (Author), Alejandro Vallini (Author), Facundo Fernández (Author), Lisandro Ferrazini (Author), Marianela Lasagna (Author), Anahí J. Sosa (Author), Guillermo E. Hough (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: A number of published reports have linked agricultural pesticides (AP) to different illnesses, one of which is cancer. Our objectives were to estimate cancer incidence and death rates in small Argentine rural towns affected by AP; and to compare these estimations with indexes from Argent...