Document ID (ISN) | 107577 |
CIS number |
08-69 |
ISSN - Serial title |
1351-0711 - Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2006 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
van Balen E., Font R., Cavallé N., Font L., Garcia-Villanueva M., Benavente Y., Brennan P., de Sanjose S. |
Title |
Exposure to non-arsenic pesticides is associated with lymphoma among farmers in Spain |
Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2006, Vol.63, No.10, p.663-668. 36 ref. |
Abstract |
The objective of this case-control study was to estimate the risk of lymphoma among farmers in Spain. Cases were subjects diagnosed with lymphoma in one of four participating hospitals between 1998 and 2002. Controls were selected among other patients and matched to the cases by sex and age. All subjects were interviewed on their job history. Although globally farmers were not at an increased risk of lymphoma as compared with all other occupations, those exposed to non-arsenic pesticides were found to be at increased risk of lymphoma (odds ratio, OR 1.8). A particularly high risk was observed among farmers working exclusively either as crop farmers or as animal farmers (OR 2.8). The risk was also high for exposure to non-arsenic pesticides for over nine years (OR 2.4). |
Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; lymphoma; agriculture; risk factors; pesticides |
Descriptors (secondary) |
livestock rearing; latency; diagnosis; statistical evaluation; hospitals; crop farming; case-control study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Spain; France |
Subject(s) |
Agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry Occupational pathology
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Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety Occupational medicine, epidemiology
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Browse category(ies) |
Blood diseases Agriculture Agricultural chemicals
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