Increased risk of relapse after breast cancer with exposure to organochlorine pollutants

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Charlier, C J ^a   Dejardin, M T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLLUTION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PESTICIDES; RISK;

EID: 34249735858     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9010-4     Document Type: Article

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