Environmental Health
Pesticide exposure in agricultural population of Costa Rica assessed
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 4th, 2005
"We describe a model for the retrospective assessment of parental exposure to 26 pesticides, selected by toxicity-based prioritization, in a population-based case-control study of childhood leukemia in Costa Rica (301 cases, 582 controls). The model was applied to a subset of 227 parents who had been employed or self-employed in agriculture or livestock breeding," scientists in Costa Rica reported.
"It combines external data on pesticide use for 14 crops, 21 calendar years and 14 regions, and individual interview data on determinants (task and technology, personal...
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