Testicular cancer and occupational exposures with a focus on xenoestrogens in polyvinyl chloride plastics

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 1277-1282

  Ohlson, Carl Göran ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^a  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PHTHALIC ACIDS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0033995742     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00380-X     Document Type: Article

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