Blood levels of DDT and breast cancer risk among women living in the North of Vietnam

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-456

  Schecter, A ^a,e   Toniolo, P ^b   Dai, L C ^c   Thuy, L T B ^c   Wolff, M S ^d  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Laboratory for Nano Magnetic Materials and Devices   (Viet Nam)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST MILK; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MOSQUITO; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0031442686     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900276     Document Type: Article

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