TY - JOUR
T1 - An Italian population-based case-control study on the association between farming and cancer
T2 - Are pesticides a plausible risk factor?
AU - Salerno, Christian
AU - Carcagnì, Antonella
AU - Sacco, Sara
AU - Palin, Lucio Antonio
AU - Vanhaecht, Kris
AU - Panella, Massimiliano
AU - Guido, Davide
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2016/5/3
Y1 - 2016/5/3
N2 - This population-based case-control study investigated the association between farming (a proxy for pesticide exposure) and cancer in the Vercelli suburban area (northwest Italy). The residents, aged 25 to 79 years, in the above-mentioned area during the period 2002–2009 were considered. Cases were all the first hospital admissions for cancer. Controls were all the subjects not included in the cases and not excluded from the study. Cases and controls were classified according to whether they occupationally resulted farmers or nonfarmers during the period 1965–2009. Cancer odds ratios (ORs) between farmers and nonfarmers were calculated with generalized linear mixed models adjusted by gender and age. Farmers showed higher odds for all cancers (OR=1.459; p <.001), nonmelanoma skin cancer, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer. The results suggest a plausible association between pesticide exposure and cancer occurrence.
AB - This population-based case-control study investigated the association between farming (a proxy for pesticide exposure) and cancer in the Vercelli suburban area (northwest Italy). The residents, aged 25 to 79 years, in the above-mentioned area during the period 2002–2009 were considered. Cases were all the first hospital admissions for cancer. Controls were all the subjects not included in the cases and not excluded from the study. Cases and controls were classified according to whether they occupationally resulted farmers or nonfarmers during the period 1965–2009. Cancer odds ratios (ORs) between farmers and nonfarmers were calculated with generalized linear mixed models adjusted by gender and age. Farmers showed higher odds for all cancers (OR=1.459; p <.001), nonmelanoma skin cancer, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer. The results suggest a plausible association between pesticide exposure and cancer occurrence.
KW - Cancer
KW - Italy
KW - Province of Vercelli
KW - farmers
KW - pesticides
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U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2015.1027808
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2015.1027808
M3 - Article
SN - 1933-8244
VL - 71
SP - 147
EP - 156
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
IS - 3
ER -
