Asthma history, occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3174-3176

  Lee, Won Jin ^a   Purdue, Mark P ^b   Stewart, Patricia ^b   Schenk, Maryjean ^c   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^d   Cerhan, James R ^e   Severson, Richard K ^c   Cozen, Wendy ^f   Hartge, Patricia ^b   Blair, Aaron ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Pesticide exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IOWA; LOS ANGELES; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 33646409043     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21755     Document Type: Article

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