What do we currently know about the occupational and environmental causes of cancer? As
of 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (1ARC) identified 415 known or …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the potential association between parental occupational exposure
to pesticides and the occurrence of brain tumors in children and young adults. METHODS …

Background A number of epidemiologic studies with a variety of exposure assessment
approaches have implicated pesticides as risk factors for childhood cancers. Here we …

We report herein a new fluorescent probe for the selective recognition and determination of
dodine among 20 different pesticides. This fluorescent probe was assembled through host …

Background Pesticide exposures have been examined previously as risk factors for
childhood brain cancers, but few studies were able to assess risk from specific agents …

BACKGROUND: Few data exist in Latin America concerning the association between
organophosphate (OP) urinary metabolites and the consumption of fruits and vegetables …

Ambient exposure from residential proximity to applications of agricultural pesticides may
contribute to the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Using residential …

Objectives We investigated the role of household exposure to pesticides in the etiology of
childhood hematopoietic malignancies. Methods The national registry-based case–control …

Objectives Associations between parental occupational pesticide exposure and childhood
acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) vary across studies, likely due to different exposure …

Background Childhood cancer is the main cause of disease-related death in children in
Spain. Although little is known about the etiology, environmental factors are potential …