Soft-tissue sarcoma and pesticides exposure in men: Results of a canadian case-control study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1279-1286

  Pahwa, Punam ^a,b   Karunanayake, Chandima P ^b   Dosman, James A ^b   Spinelli, John J ^c   McLaughlin, John R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALDRIN; CAPTAN; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CARBOXIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICAMBA; DIMPYLATE; FORMALDEHYDE; LINDANE; MALATHION; MECOPROP; MERCURY; METHOMYL; METHOXYCHLOR; PENDIMETHALIN; PESTICIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOCARBAMIC ACID; TRIFLURALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERTUSSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81155125624     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182307845     Document Type: Article

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