Brain tumours and exposure to pesticides: A case-control study in southwestern France

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 509-514

  Provost, Dorothée ^b   Cantagrel, Anne ^b   Lebailly, Pierre ^c   Jaffré, Anne ^b   Loyant, Veronique ^c   Loiseau, Hugues ^d   Vital, Anne ^b   Brochard, Patrick ^b   Baldi, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a Institut de Santé Publique d'Epidémiologie et de Développement ISPED   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENINGIOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 34547575614     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.028100     Document Type: Article

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