Risk and aggressiveness of breast cancer in relation to plasma organochlorine concentrations

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Demers, Alain ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,b   Brisson, Jacques ^b   Dodin, Sylvie ^a   Robert, Jean ^d   Dewailly, Éric ^a,b,c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Unite de Recherche en Sante Publique   (Canada)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033999207     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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