Ongoing research to identify environmental risk factors in breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 1224-1229

  Johnson Thompson, Marian C ^a   Guthrie, Janet ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Dieldrin; Electric and magnetic fields (EMF); Environment; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIELDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOBACCO;

EID: 0034162497     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000301)88:5+<1224::aid-cncr8>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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