Environmental Health

Parental occupational exposure linked to risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in offspring

Published in Blood Weekly, April 6th, 2006

Parental occupational exposure could be linked to the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in offspring in Israel.

"Parental employment in occupations that have potential exposures to organic solvents or pesticides could be associated with the risk of childhood ALL in their offspring. We explored this hypothesis by studying the association with respect to exposure lime windows. Our case-control study included 224 children, 112 diagnosed with ALL and 112 matched controls," scientists writing in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine reported.

"A significantly higher odds ratio (OR) was found between childhood ALL and...

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