Soft-tissue sarcoma and dioxin: A case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 893-900

  Tuomisto, Jouni T ^a   Pekkanen, Juha ^a   Kiviranta, Hannu ^a   Tukiainen, Erkki ^b   Vartiainen, Terttu ^a,c   Tuomisto, Jouko ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body burden; Case control study; Dioxin; Environmental exposure; Individual exposure measurement; Soft tissue sarcoma; TCDD

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642579622     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11635     Document Type: Article

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