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"Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemias and non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas by Histological Type in Farming-Animal Breeding Workers: A Population Case-Control Study Based on a Priori Exposure Matrices. DOUBLE

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 25th, 1996

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, "Objectives: A population based case-control study was conducted in a highly agricultural area in Italy to investigate the association between chronic lymphocytic leukaemias (CLLs) and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHLs), and subtypes, and exposure to pesticides in farming-animal breeding workers. Methods: 187 cases of CLLs and NHLs and 977 population controls were interviewed on medical, residential, family, and occupational history. Detailed information was collected about cultivated crops and animals bred from subjects who worked in farming and animal breeding. ...

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