Parental occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of childhood leukemia in Costa Rica

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-303

  Monge, Patricia ^a,b   Wesseling, Catharina ^a,b   Guardado, Jorge ^a   Lundberg, Ingvar ^b,c   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Cantor, Kenneth P ^d   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,e   Partanen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Case control study; Childhood cancer; Children; Developing country; Fetal exposure; Pregnancy; Reproductive effect; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; BENZIMIDAZOLE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PICLORAM;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; FATHER; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 34548659800     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1146     Document Type: Article

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