Childhood cancers associated with parental occupational exposures.
Statistics suggest that environmental and occupational exposures may be at least partially responsible for an increased incidence of cancer in children. The authors describe the latest findings in this area of research and look at the methodologic concerns that arise and how they affect the derivation of causal inferences from such studies.
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Health Risk Assessment Department, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Seattle, Washington.
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D000383:Agriculture; D002617:Chemical Industry; D002648:Child; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D010290:Parents; D018812:Paternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D013783:Textile Industry