Case-control study of PCBs, other organochlorines and breast cancer in Eastern Slovakia

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Pavuk, Marian ^a,e   Cerhan, James R ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^c   Kocan, Anton ^d   Petrik, Jan ^d   Chovancova, Jana ^d  

^a Health Science Centre   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DDE; Environmental epidemiology; PCB

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; SLOVAKIA;

BODY BURDEN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 0042662822     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500277     Document Type: Article

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