DDE and DDT in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-458

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

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

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

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control studies; DDE; DDT

Indexed keywords

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

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033199745     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010033     Document Type: Article

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