Adipose tissue levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 854-861

  Quintana, Penelope J E ^a,g   Delfino, Ralph J ^a,b   Korrick, Susan ^c,d   Ziogas, Argyrios ^b   Kutz, Frederick W ^e   Jones, Ellen L ^a   Laden, Francine ^c   Garshick, Eric ^c,f  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Chlordane; DDT; Dieldrin; Heptachlor; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Organochlorine; PCBs; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCIDENT; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042644328     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6726     Document Type: Article

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