Abstract
The ovarian cancer risk from herbicide exposure has been studied in a hospital-based, case-control study after some of these compounds have been shown to be carcinogenic for animals. This study includes 60 cases of primary mesothelial ovarian tumors and 127 controls with non-ovarian malignancies drawn from the same file and matched by year of diagnosis, age and residence. A positive association (relative risk 4.38) has been found between herbicide exposure and ovarian mesotheliomas.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 941-942 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Carcinogenesis |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
- Applied Mathematics
- Physiology (medical)
- Physiology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Cancer Research