Occupational exposure to pesticides and risk of hematopoietic cancers: Meta-analysis of case-control studies

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1209-1226

  Merhi, M ^a   Raynal, H ^b   Cahuzac, E ^b   Vinson, F ^a   Cravedi, J P ^a   Gamet Payrastre, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic cancers; Pesticides; Professional exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PUBMED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34848925506     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9061-1     Document Type: Article

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