Residential proximity to agricultural pesticide applications and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 891-899

  Rull, Rudolph P ^a,b   Gunier, Robert ^a   Von Behren, Julie ^a   Hertz, Andrew ^a   Crouse, Vonda ^c   Buffler, Patricia A ^d   Reynolds, Peggy ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL CENTRAL CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural pesticides; Cancer; Childhood leukemia; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UREA DERIVATIVE;

AGRICULTURE; CANCER; CHILD; ETIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PESTICIDES; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69849084900     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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