Polychlorinated biphenyls, chlordanes, and the etiology of non-hodgkin’s lymphoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 689-

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Liljegren, Göran ^a   Lindström, Gunilla ^b   Van Bavel, Bert ^b   Fredrikson, Mats ^c   Hagberg, Hans ^d  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORDAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0031266242     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199711000-00023     Document Type: Article

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