Selection bias in case-control studies on household exposure to pesticides and childhood acute leukemia

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 299-309

  Rudant, Jérémie ^a,b   Clavel, Jacqueline ^b   Infante Rivard, Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Acute leukemia; Casecontrol study; Child; Pesticides; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMAN; REVIEW;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 77952673394     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.61     Document Type: Review

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