Multiple pesticide exposures and the risk of multiple myeloma in Canadian men

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1846-1858

  Kachuri, Linda ^a,b,c   Demers, Paul A ^a,b,c   Blair, Aaron ^a   Spinelli, John J ^d,e   Pahwa, Manisha ^a   McLaughlin, John R ^a,b,f   Pahwa, Punam ^g   Dosman, James A ^h   Harris, Shelley A ^a,b,c  

^a Occupational Cancer Research Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

carbamates; case control study; multiple myeloma; occupational cancer; pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CAPTAN; CARBAMIC ACID; CARBARIL; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; MALATHION; MECOPROP; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANADIAN; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

CARBAMATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PESTICIDES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84881544337     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28191     Document Type: Article

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