β-Benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2212-2218

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

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (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

benzene hexachloride; Breast carcinoma; Case control; Environment; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033562470     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990515)85:10<2212::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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