A task-based assessment of parental occupational exposure to pesticides and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

CONCLUSIONS: The risk of ALL was elevated in young children with paternal occupational pesticide exposure during the perinatal period, using more detailed occupational information for exposure classification.
PMID: 28319818 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Environmental Research - March 15, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Gunier RB, Kang A, Hammond SK, Reinier K, Lea CS, Chang JS, Does M, Scelo G, Kirsch J, Crouse V, Cooper R, Quinlan P, Metayer C Tags: Environ Res Source Type: research