Open AccessParental occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of childhood leukemia in Costa Rica
Author(s) -
Patricia Monge,
Catharina Wesseling,
Jorge Guardado,
Ingvar Lundberg,
Anders Ahlbom,
Kenneth P. Cantor,
Elisabete Weiderpass,
Timo Partanen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1146
Subject(s) - odds ratio , confidence interval , medicine , pregnancy , offspring , population , childhood leukemia , case control study , pesticide , first trimester , demography , leukemia , gynecology , obstetrics , pediatrics , gestation , environmental health , biology , genetics , lymphoblastic leukemia , sociology , agronomy
Parental exposure to pesticides and the risk of leukemia in offspring were examined in a population-based case-control study in Costa Rica.