Decreased survival in pancreatic cancer patients with high concentrations of organochlorines in adipose tissue

Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 659-664

  Hardell, Lennart ^a,b   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hardell, Karin ^b   Björnfoth, Helen ^b   Wickbom, Gunnar ^a   Ionescu, Mircea ^c   van Bavel, Bert ^b   Lindström, Gunilla ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Surgery   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Organochlorines; Pancreatic cancer; PCB; Risk factor; Survival

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLORDAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 36849050339     PISSN: 07533322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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