Serum concentrations of 1,1,1-Trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) and 1,1-Dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and risk of primary liver cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1005-1010

  McGlynn, Katherine A ^a   Abnet, Christian C ^a   Zhang, Mingdong ^a,b   Sun, Xiu Di ^c   Fan, Jin Hu ^c   O'Brien, Thomas R ^a   Wei, Wen Qiang ^c   Ortiz Conde, Betty A ^d   Dawsey, Sanford M ^a,f   Weber, Jean Philippe ^e   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Katki, Hormuzd ^a   Mark, Steven D ^a   Qiao, You Lin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHOLESTEROL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; LIPID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746701501     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj266     Document Type: Article

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