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Stokes, C. Shannon; Brace, Kathy D. – 1986
A study of 1,497 nonmetropolitan counties was conducted to test the possible contribution of agricultural chemical use to cancer mortality rates in rural counties. The dependent variables were 20-year age-adjusted mortality rates for 1950 to 1969 for five categories of cancer: genital, urinary, lymphatic, respiratory, and digestive. Because sex…
Descriptors: Agricultural Supplies, Cancer, Death, Demography
Miller, Daniel R.; And Others – 1975
To improve vocational educational programs in agriculture, occupational information on a common core of basic skills within the occupational area of the chemical applicator is presented in the revised task inventory survey. The purpose of the occupational survey was to identify a common core of basic skills which are performed and are essential…
Descriptors: Agricultural Chemical Occupations, Agricultural Education, Fertilizers, Herbicides