PCB Residues in a Breast Cancer Patient Population

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 887-891

  Charlier, C ^a   Pitance, F ^a   Plomteux, G ^a  

^a CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142147119     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-8948-0     Document Type: Article

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