Serum organochlorine pesticides and PCBs and breast cancer risk: Results from a prospective analysis (USA)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Dorgan, Joanne F ^a   Brock, John W ^b   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Needham, Larry L ^b   Miller, Rosetta ^c   Stephenson Jr , Hugh E ^c   Schussler, Nicki ^d   Taylor, Philip R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Epidemiology; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; BLOOD BANKS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033010935     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008824131727     Document Type: Article

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