Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer
Zeng F, Lerro C, Lavoué J, Huang H, Siemiatycki J, Zhao N, Ma S, Deziel NC, Friesen MC, Udelsman R, Zhang Y. Occupational exposure to pesticides and other biocides and risk of thyroid cancer. Occupational And Environmental Medicine 2017, 74: 502. PMID: 28202579, PMCID: PMC5572578, DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid cancerOccupational exposurePopulation-based case-control studyIncident thyroid cancer casesUnconditional logistic regression modelsCase-control studyPapillary thyroid cancerThyroid cancer casesJob-exposure matrixLogistic regression modelsHigher cumulative probabilityPotential confoundersThyroid microcarcinomaCancer casesHigh riskSignificant associationCancerObserved associationsCumulative probabilityStrong associationRiskAssociationExposureFurther investigationRegression models