Residential and occupational exposure to pesticides may increase risk for cutaneous melanoma: A case-control study conducted in the south of Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e527-e538

  Segatto, Majoriê M ^a   Bonamigo, Renan R ^a,b   Hohmann, Clarissa B ^a   Müller, Karen Reetz ^b   Bakos, Lucio ^c   Mastroeni, Simona ^d   Fortes, Cristina ^d  

^a Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR SPRAYING; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; SOLAR LENTIGINES; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE COLOR; HAIR COLOR; INCIDENCE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MELANOMA; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNBURN;

EID: 84947492948     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12826     Document Type: Article

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