Environmental exposure to hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and risk of female breast cancer in Connecticut

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 407-411

  Zheng, Tongzhang ^a,f   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Mayne, Susan T ^a   Tessari, John ^b   Owens, Patricia H ^a   Zahm, Shelia H ^c   Zhang, Bin ^d   Dubrow, Robert ^a   Ward, Barbara ^a   Carter, Darryl ^a   Boyle, Peter ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032896413     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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