Risk of breast cancer and organochlorine exposure

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 271-277

  Wolff, Mary S ^a   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^b   Dubin, Neil ^b   Toniolo, Paolo ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034019609     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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