Serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds and the subsequent development of breast cancer

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 525-532

  Helzlsouer, Kathy J ^a   Alberg, Anthony J ^a   Huang, Han Yao ^a   Hoffman, Sandra C ^a   Strickland, Paul T ^b   Brock, John W ^c   Burse, Virlyn W ^c   Needham, Larry L ^c   Bell, Douglas A ^d   Lavigne, Jackie A ^b   Yager, James D ^b   Comstock, George W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0032970883     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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