DDT'S, HCH and HCB levels in breast adipose tissue in women with breast tumors

Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-142

  Waliszewski, Stefan M ^a   Bermudez, Marco T ^b   Silva, Carmen S ^a   Infanzon, Rosa M ^a   Carvajal, Octavio ^a   Gomez Arroyo, Sandra ^b   Villalobos Pietrini, Rafael ^b   Trujillo, Patricia ^a   Saldaña, Vicente ^c   Melo, Guadalupe ^a   Esquivel, Sergio ^c   Castro, Felipe ^c   Ocampo, Héctor ^c   Torres, J ^c   Hayward Jones, Patricia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breast tumors; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HEALTH HAZARDS; LIPIDS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; TUMORS;

DDT; ECTOPARASITE; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; TUMOR;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646565322     PISSN: 01884999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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