Plasma organochlorine levels and the risk of breast cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 1253-1258

  Hunter, David J ^a,b,c,e   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Manson, JoAnn E ^a,b   Willet, Walter C ^a,b,c   Speizer, Frank E ^a,b   Wolff, Mary S ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030831628     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710303371801     Document Type: Article

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