Open AccessIn Utero Pesticide Exposure and Leukemia in Brazilian Children < 2 Years of Age
Author(s) -
Jeniffer Dantas Ferreira,
Arnaldo Cézar Couto,
Maria S. PombodeOliveira,
Sérgio Koifman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1103942
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , odds ratio , leukemia , childhood leukemia , myeloid leukemia , case control study , in utero , pesticide , logistic regression , pediatrics , fetus , biology , genetics , lymphoblastic leukemia , agronomy
An association between pesticide exposure and cancer has been suggested. Infant leukemia is a rare neoplasm and its association with maternal pesticide exposure has been poorly explored.
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