An evaluation of proposed frameworks for grouping polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener data into meaningful analytic units

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Moysich, Kirsten B ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Freudenheim, Jo L ^b   Ambrosone, Christine B ^c   Vena, John E ^b   Shields, Peter G ^d   Kostyniak, Paul ^e   Greizerstein, Hebe ^e   Graham, Saxon ^b   Marshall, James R ^f  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Data reduction; Epidemiologic studies; Methodological issues; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY BURDEN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0032931510     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<223::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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