Home pesticide use and childhood cancer

A case-control study

Bibliographic Data

ID11019333
AuthorsJack K Leiss (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), D A Savitz
Year1995
Volume85
Issue2
Pages249-252
Publication date1995-02-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.85.2.249
PMID7856787
OpenAlexW2064595171
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited17

The association between childhood cancer and home pesticide use was examined in a case-control study of children under 15 years of age. Parents of 252 children diagnosed with cancer in the Denver area between 1976 and 1983 and of 222 control subjects were interviewed regarding use of home pest extermination, yard treatment, and pest strips. The strongest associations were found for yard treatments and soft tissue sarcomas (odds ratios [ORs] around 4.0) and for use of pest strips and leukemias (ORs between 1.7 and 3.0). These results suggest that use of home pesticides may be associated with some types of childhood cancer

Biology · Cancer · Case-control study · Childhood cancer · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Pathology · Pediatric cancer · Pesticide · Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment · Ecology · Insect and Pesticide Research · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity

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