Cases will be interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Blood samples will be taken for standard and specific analyses. Samples for chlordecone and other Persistent organic Polluants (POPs) tests will be collected.
Blood samples will be collected for the biobank of Guadeloupe for further studies on genetic susceptibility markers and their links with pesticide exposure.

Controls selected after stratification on department of residence, sex and age of the cases and who give a written informed consent to participate.
Controls will be interviewed using a standardized questionnaire. Blood samples will be taken for standard and specific analyses in both cases and controls. Samples for chlordecone and other Persistent organic Polluants (POPs) tests will be collected. Blood samples will be collected for the biobank of Guadeloupe for further studies on genetic susceptibility markers and their links with pesticide exposure.

Multiple Myeloma

University Hospital Center of Guadeloupe

University Hospital Center of Martinique

Multiple Myeloma and Environmental Exposure to Pesticides in the French West Indies: A Population Based Case-control Study.

Multiple Myeloma in the French West Indies. Environmental and Professional Exposure to Pesticide: A Case-control Study in Guadeloupe and Martinique

The exposure measurement will be done using several complementary methods combining:
Serum dosages of chlordecone + Persistent Organic Pollutant
Evaluation from questionnaires
Use of job-exposure matrices (benzene and other solvents), made available by the Occupational Health Department (DST) of the Institute for Health Monitoring (InVS)
Use of crop-exposure matrices : the banana crop matrix developed for the Antilles by the DST of InVS in collaboration with the Interregional Epidemiology Unit (CIRE) Antilles Guyane and will be used

curlone/悪性腫瘍

Multiple Myeloma and Environmental Exposure to Pesticides in the French West Indies: A Population Based Case-control Study.

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