The link between the insecticide heptachlor epoxide, estradiol, and breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Cassidy, Richard A ^a,d   Natarajan, Sridhar ^b   Vaughan, George M ^c  

^a ToxFree Inc   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DDE; DNA damage; Estradiol; Heptachlor epoxide; Nitric oxide; Oxidant; Oxychlordane; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DNA; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL ISOLATION; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MIXED LEUKOCYTE CULTURE; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHLORDAN; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDANTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TEXAS;

EID: 16844377361     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-2755-0     Document Type: Article

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