Residential exposure to pesticide during childhood and childhood cancers: A meta-analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 719-729

  Chen, Mei ^a   Chang, Chi Hsuan ^a   Tao, Lin ^a   Lu, Chensheng ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECT SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDLINE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PESTICIDES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84942913188     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-0006     Document Type: Review

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