ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2016
Association between pesticide exposure and risk of kidney cancer: a meta-analysis.
Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- The Association Between Indoor Air Pollution and Lung Cancer Risk in a Chinese Population.Indoor air · 2025Article
- The Hematological and Biochemical Effects from Pesticide Exposure on Thai Vegetable Farmers.Toxics · 2023Article
- Occupational Pesticide Use and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Agricultural Health Study.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- High Incidence of Moderately Reduced Renal Function and Lead Bioaccumulation in Agricultural Workers in Assin South District, Ghana: A Community-Based Case-Control Study.International journal of nephrology · 2019Article
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Abstract
This meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the correlation between pesticide exposure and kidney cancer. We conducted a systematic search of the Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Knowledge, and Medline (updated to March 1, 2015) to identify all relevant studies. References of the retrieved articles were also identified. Fixed- or random-effect models were used to summarize the estimates of relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval for the association between exposure of pesticide and risk of kidney cancer. The pooled RR estimate indicated that pesticide exposure might have an elevated risk for kidney cancer (RR =1.10, 95% confidence interval 1.01-1.19). In a subgroup analysis of high quality articles, we detected that pesticide exposure is a significant risk factor for kidney cancer in a subgroup analysis of case-control studies, (Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale score >6) (RR =1.31, 95% confidence interval 1.12-1.51). North America studies, odds ratio studies, and studies with effect estimate adjusted for more than two confounder studies. In conclusion, pesticide exposure may be a risk factor for kidney cancer.
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