Pesticides, gene polymorphisms, and bladder cancer among Egyptian agricultural workers.
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SUBMITTER: Amr S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018465 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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Pesticides, gene polymorphisms, and bladder cancer among Egyptian agricultural workers.
Amr Sania S Dawson Rebecca R Saleh Doa'a A DA Magder Laurence S LS St George Diane Marie DM El-Daly Mai M Squibb Katherine K Mikhail Nabiel N NN Abdel-Hamid Mohamed M Khaled Hussein H Loffredo Christopher A CA
Archives of environmental & occupational health 20150101 1
This study examined the associations between pesticide exposure, genetic polymorphisms for<h4>Nad(p)h</h4>quinone oxidoreductase I (NQO1) and superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2), and urinary bladder cancer risk among male agricultural workers in Egypt. Logistic regression was used to analyze data from a multicenter case-control study and estimate adjusted odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Exposure to pesticides was associated with increased bladder cancer risk (odds ratio (95% confiden ...[more]
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