Characterization of the t(14;18) BCL2-IGH Translocation in Farmers Occupationally Exposed to Pesticides

Cancer Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2264-2269

  Roulland, Sandrine ^a,b   Lebailly, Pierre ^a,b   Lecluse, Yannick ^a   Briand, Mélanie ^a   Potter, Didier ^a   Gauduchon, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CENTRE FRANÇOIS BACLESSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; PESTICIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 14; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 18; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 1542510611     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-03-3604     Document Type: Article

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