Exposure to pesticides and risk of childhood cancer: A meta-analysis of recent epidemiological studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 694-702

  Vinson, Florence ^a   Merhi, Maysaloun ^a   Baldi, Isabelle ^b   Raynal, Hélène ^c   Gamet Payrastre, Laurence ^a  

^a TOXALIM RESEARCH CENTRE IN FOOD TOXICOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EWING SARCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80051801782     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100082     Document Type: Review

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