Review and meta-analysis of risk estimates for prostate cancer in pesticide manufacturing workers

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-373

  Van Maele Fabry, Geneviève ^a   Libotte, Valérie ^a,b   Willems, Jan ^c   Lison, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Fonds des Maladies Professionnelles   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Meta analysis; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Prostatic neoplasm; Review

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; 2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYPROPIONIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 4 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)BUTYRIC ACID; ALACHLOR; ALDRIN; ATRAZINE; CHLORDANE; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; ENDRIN; FURAN; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEPTACHLOR; HERBICIDE; ISOBENZAN; MECOPROP; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID; TRIAZINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCIDENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645518226     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0443-y     Document Type: Review

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