Re: "Increased concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzenes, and chlordanes in mothers of men with testiscular cancer" [4]

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Joffe, Michael ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHLORDANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTHER; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TESTIS CANCER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORDAN; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT SELECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNDROME; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345865063     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (5)

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4. Skakkebaek NE, Raypert-De-Meyts E, Malm KE. 2001. Testicular dysgenesis syndrome: an increasingly common developmental disorder with environmental aspects. Hum Reprod 16(5):972-978.
5. U.S. EPA. 1997. Toxicological Review of Chlordane (Technical) (CAS No. 12789-03-6). Washington, DC:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.