Pesticide exposure as risk factor for non-Hodgkin lymphoma including histopathological subgroup analysis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1657-1663

  Eriksson, Mikael ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^b   Carlberg, Michael ^b   Åkerman, Måns ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glyphosate; Impreganting agents; Insecticides; MCPA; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Phenoxyacetic acids

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; CREOSOTE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MERCURY; PESTICIDE; PHENOXYACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PYRETHRIN; RODENTICIDE; TAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LARGE B CELL LYMPHOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; T CELL LYMPHOMA; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 50549098664     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23589     Document Type: Article

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