Blood levels of organochlorine pesticide residues and risk of reproductive tract cancer among women from Jaipur, India

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 617, Issue , 2008, Pages 387-394

  Mathur, Vibha ^a   John, Placheril J ^a   Soni, Inderpal ^a   Bhatnagar, Pradeep ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA TUMOR;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46749120261     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-69080-3_37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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