RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to pesticides
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 846
OP 849
DO 10.1136/oemed-2011-100250
VO 69
IS 11
A1 Deborah C Glass
A1 Alison Reid
A1 Helen D Bailey
A1 Elizabeth Milne
A1 Lin Fritschi
YR 2012
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/11/846.abstract
AB Objective To ascertain whether there was an association between parental occupational exposure to pesticides and increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) in the offspring. Method A population-based case–control study of childhood ALL was conducted in Australia. Information about the occupational pesticide exposure of mothers and fathers was collected using job-specific modules. Information on the types and extent of pesticide exposure was collected for mothers and fathers before and around the time of conception, and also for mothers during pregnancy for the index case or control and for 1 year after birth. Results Paternal occupational exposure to pesticides before or around conception was not related to increased risk of childhood ALL. There was a low prevalence of occupational exposure to pesticides among women that reduced after birth. Conclusions Paternal occupational exposure to pesticides was not found to be associated with an increased risk of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in the offspring. The study was underpowered with respect to maternal exposure to pesticides.