Pesticides and human cancers

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 700-711

  Alavanja, Michael C R ^a   Bonner, Matthew R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Molecular Epidemiology; Multi Disciplinary Studies; Pesticides; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ATRAZINE; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBARIL; CARBOFURAN; CARCINOGEN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DICHLORVOS; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; TRIAZINE;

BIOASSAY; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES;

EID: 30044438913     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900500360008     Document Type: Review

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