Dichiorodiphenyltrichloroethane serum levels and breast cancer risk: A case-control study from Mexico

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3728-3732

  López Carrillo, Lizbeth ^a,b   Blair, Aaron ^c   López Cervantes, Malaquías ^a   Cebrián, Mariano ^d   Rueda, Celina ^a   Reyes, Raúl ^d   Mohar, Alejandro ^e   Bravo, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b John D Catherine T MacArthur F   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; CARCINOGEN; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTAMINATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MEXICO; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030612545     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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