Pesticides, soft-tissue sarcoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Historical aspects on the precautionary principle in cancer prevention

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-354

  Hardell, Lennart ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHLORDANE; CHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; HERBICIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; TRIAZIQUONE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DECIDUOUS PLANT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SWEDEN; WOOD;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIOXINS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE; HERBICIDES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PESTICIDES; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RISK; RISK MANAGEMENT; SARCOMA; SWEDEN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 40949118565     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860701753697     Document Type: Article

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