Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 141-151

  Behrens, Thomas ^a,t   Lynge, Elsebeth ^b   Cree, Ian ^c   Lutz, Jean Michel ^d   Eriksson, Mikael ^e   Guénel, Pascal ^f,p   Merletti, Franco ^g   Morales Suarez Varela, Maria ^h,i,j   Afonso, Noemia ^k   Stengrevics, Aivars ^l   Févotte, Joëlle ^m   Sabroe, Svend ⁿ   Llopis González, Agustin ^h,i   Gorini, Giuseppe ^o   Hardell, Lennart ^q   Stang, Andreas ^r,s   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,s  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

ⁱ CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^j Center for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^k PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^l Latvia Cancer Registry   (Latvia)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

ⁿ AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^o Epidemiology and Public Health   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^q ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^r MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^s UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^t RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry; Chemical fertilizers; Multicenter study; Ocular melanoma

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UVEA MELANOMA;

AGRICULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORESTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK FACTORS; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 82955195606     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z     Document Type: Article

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