Associations of pesticides, HCV, HBV, and hepatocellular carcinoma in Egypt

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 329-339

  Ezzat, Sameer ^a   Abdel Hamid, Mohamed ^b   Abdel Latif Eissa, Soheir ^c   Mokhtar, Nadia ^c   Labib, Albert Nargis ^d   El Ghorory, Laila ^d   Mikhail, Nabiel Nasmi ^e   Abdel Hamid, Amany ^c   Hifnawy, Tamer ^d   Strickland, G Thomas ^f   Loffredo, Christopher A ^g  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbamates; HBV; HCV; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Organophosphorus compounds; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 23944466864     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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