Serum organochlorine pesticide levels in patients with colorectal cancer in egypt

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 409-415

  Soliman, Amr S ^a,b   Bondy, Melissa L ^b   Smith, Mary Ann ^c   Cooper, Sharon P ^c   McPherson, R Sue ^c   Ismail, Kadry ^d   Seifeldin, Ibrahim A ^d   Khaled, Hussein ^e   Ismail, Sohair ^f  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Tanta Cancer Center   (Egypt)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

INSECTA;

EID: 0031463006     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899709602219     Document Type: Article

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