Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma

Thomas Behrens; Elsebeth Lynge; Ian Cree; Jean-Michel Lutz; Mikael Eriksson; Pascal Guénel; Franco Merletti; Maria Morales-Suarez-Varela; Noemia Afonso; Aivars Stengrevics; Joëlle Févotte; Svend Sabroe; Agustin Llopis-González; Giuseppe Gorini; Lennart Hardell; Andreas Stang; Wolfgang Ahrens

doi:10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z

Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma

Thomas Behrens, Elsebeth Lynge, Ian Cree, Jean-Michel Lutz, Mikael Eriksson, Pascal Guénel, Franco Merletti, Maria Morales-Suarez-Varela, Noemia Afonso, Aivars Stengrevics, Joëlle Févotte, Svend Sabroe, Agustin Llopis-González, Giuseppe Gorini, Lennart Hardell, Andreas Stang, Wolfgang Ahrens

Center of Epidemiology and Screening

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Abstract

Since pesticides are disputed risk factors for uveal melanoma, we studied the association between occupational pesticide exposure and uveal melanoma risk in a case-control study from nine European countries.

Original language	English
Journal	Cancer causes & control : CCC
Volume	23
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	141-51
Number of pages	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Agriculture
Europe
Female
Forestry
Humans
Incidence
Male
Melanoma
Middle Aged
Occupational Diseases
Occupational Exposure
Pesticides
Risk Factors
Uveal Neoplasms

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Behrens, T., Lynge, E., Cree, I., Lutz, J-M., Eriksson, M., Guénel, P., Merletti, F., Morales-Suarez-Varela, M., Afonso, N., Stengrevics, A., Févotte, J., Sabroe, S., Llopis-González, A., Gorini, G., Hardell, L., Stang, A., & Ahrens, W. (2012). Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma. Cancer causes & control : CCC, 23(1), 141-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z

Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma. / Behrens, Thomas; Lynge, Elsebeth; Cree, Ian; Lutz, Jean-Michel; Eriksson, Mikael; Guénel, Pascal; Merletti, Franco; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria; Afonso, Noemia; Stengrevics, Aivars; Févotte, Joëlle; Sabroe, Svend; Llopis-González, Agustin; Gorini, Giuseppe; Hardell, Lennart; Stang, Andreas; Ahrens, Wolfgang.

In: Cancer causes & control : CCC, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2012, p. 141-51.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Behrens, T, Lynge, E, Cree, I, Lutz, J-M, Eriksson, M, Guénel, P, Merletti, F, Morales-Suarez-Varela, M, Afonso, N, Stengrevics, A, Févotte, J, Sabroe, S, Llopis-González, A, Gorini, G, Hardell, L, Stang, A & Ahrens, W 2012, 'Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma', Cancer causes & control : CCC, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 141-51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9863-z

Behrens, Thomas ; Lynge, Elsebeth ; Cree, Ian ; Lutz, Jean-Michel ; Eriksson, Mikael ; Guénel, Pascal ; Merletti, Franco ; Morales-Suarez-Varela, Maria ; Afonso, Noemia ; Stengrevics, Aivars ; Févotte, Joëlle ; Sabroe, Svend ; Llopis-González, Agustin ; Gorini, Giuseppe ; Hardell, Lennart ; Stang, Andreas ; Ahrens, Wolfgang. / Pesticide exposure in farming and forestry and the risk of uveal melanoma. In: Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2012 ; Vol. 23, No. 1. pp. 141-51.

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