Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia and exposure to pesticides

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-501

  Soldin, Offie P ^a,e   Nsouly Maktabi, Hala ^b   Genkinger, Jeanine M ^a   Loffredo, Christopher A ^a   Ortega Garcia, Juan Antonio ^b   Colantino, Drew ^a   Barr, Dana B ^c   Luban, Naomi L ^d   Shad, Aziza T ^a   Nelson, David ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALL; Childhood cancer; Clinical toxicology; Insecticides; Organophosphates

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLPHOSHPATE; DIETHYLTHIOPHOSPHATE; DITHIOPHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; O,O DIMETHYLTHIOPHOSPHORIC ACID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHOSPHORODITHIOIC ACID O,O DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PESTICIDES; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68449101821     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: 15363694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FTD.0b013e3181aae982     Document Type: Article

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