Adipose organochlorine concentrations and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal Danish women

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-74

  Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a   Pavuk, Marian ^b   LeBlanc, Alain ^c   Dumas, Pierre ^c   Weber, Jean Philippe ^c   Olsen, Anja ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^d   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b SpecPro Inc   (United States)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GAMMA CHLORDANE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PCB 101; PCB 104; PCB 105; PCB 118; PCB 128; PCB 138; PCB 153; PCB 28; PCB 52; PCB 54; PCB 55; PCB 99; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 12844263443     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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