El cáncer de mama (CM) es el más prevalente y la principal causa de muerte por cáncer en las mujeres alrededor del mundo. El bajo porcentaje de casos relacionado con el historial reproductivo o la genética sugiere que el ambiente puede estar jugando un rol en su etiología. Se ha hipotetizado que la exposición a plaguicidas puede tener un efecto importante. Objetivo: Este estudio ecológico prueba si la incidencia de CM en Costa Rica está relacionada con la exposición ambiental a plaguicidas (EAP), controlando por acceso a servicios de salud, fecundidad, edad al primer embarazo y nivel socioeconómico. Métodos: Se corrió un modelo de regresión de Poisson. Se utilizaron técnicas de análisis espacial para probar si había autocorrelación espacial...
Environmental epidemiological investigations in cancer remain, with rare exceptions, inconclusive. T...
Evidence suggests that early-life exposure to pesticides inside the home may be associated with chil...
Pesticide use raises a number of environmental health concerns for the general public as pesticides ...
Introduction: Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent and the leading cause of death from cancer in...
La exposición a contaminantes ambientales constituye en la actualidad un problema importante en salu...
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health problem and is the second most prevalent cance...
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health problem and is the second most prevalent cancer...
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among females in Canada. The importance of p...
Se realizó un estudio transversal para evaluar la relación de la salud respiratoria y exposición a p...
The use of toxic pesticides is increasing in developing countries, often under unsafe conditions. Po...
OBJECTIVE: It is biologically plausible that occupational and environmental pesticide exposure may c...
2015-02-10There is strong evidence that a variety of pesticides affect hormone metabolism. Exposure ...
An epidemiological study was performed in Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, with a total of 306 women enr...
We examined the association between residential proximity to agricultural pesticide use and breast c...
Background: Leukemias are the most common childhood cancers, accounting for 25-35% of the incidence ...
Environmental epidemiological investigations in cancer remain, with rare exceptions, inconclusive. T...
Evidence suggests that early-life exposure to pesticides inside the home may be associated with chil...
Pesticide use raises a number of environmental health concerns for the general public as pesticides ...
Introduction: Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent and the leading cause of death from cancer in...
La exposición a contaminantes ambientales constituye en la actualidad un problema importante en salu...
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health problem and is the second most prevalent cance...
Background: Breast cancer is a serious public health problem and is the second most prevalent cancer...
Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer among females in Canada. The importance of p...
Se realizó un estudio transversal para evaluar la relación de la salud respiratoria y exposición a p...
The use of toxic pesticides is increasing in developing countries, often under unsafe conditions. Po...
OBJECTIVE: It is biologically plausible that occupational and environmental pesticide exposure may c...
2015-02-10There is strong evidence that a variety of pesticides affect hormone metabolism. Exposure ...
An epidemiological study was performed in Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, with a total of 306 women enr...
We examined the association between residential proximity to agricultural pesticide use and breast c...
Background: Leukemias are the most common childhood cancers, accounting for 25-35% of the incidence ...
Environmental epidemiological investigations in cancer remain, with rare exceptions, inconclusive. T...
Evidence suggests that early-life exposure to pesticides inside the home may be associated with chil...
Pesticide use raises a number of environmental health concerns for the general public as pesticides ...