Endotoxin exposure and lung cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the published literature on agriculture and cotton textile workers

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 523-555

  Lenters, Virissa ^a   Basinas, Ioannis ^b   Beane Freeman, Laura ^c   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   Checkoway, Harvey ^e   Coggon, David ^f   Portengen, Lützen ^a   Sim, Malcolm ^g   Wouters, Inge M ^a   Heederik, Dick ^a,h   Vermeulen, Roei ^a,h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endotoxins; Farmers; Lung cancer; Meta analysis; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COTTON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUNG CANCER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; COTTON FIBER; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

EID: 77953293419     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9483-z     Document Type: Article

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