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Sep 2026
Childhood serum DDE concentrations and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a high-exposure region of south-central Mexico.
BACKGROUND Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer but its etiology remains largely unknown. Persistent organochlorine pollutants such as p,p'-DDE have been implicated in leukemogenesis, although epidemiological evidence remains scarce and contradictory. We aimed to evaluate the...
Rodrigo Ugalde-Resano, Ángel Mérida-Ortega, Mariano E. Cebrián et al.
· Cancer Epidemiology · 0 citations