Plasma organochlorine levels and subsequent risk of breast cancer among Japanese women: A nested case-control study

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 176-183

  Iwasaki, Motoki ^a   Inoue, Manami ^a   Sasazuki, Shizuka ^a   Kurahashi, Norie ^a   Itoh, Hiroaki ^a   Usuda, Makoto ^b   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Japan Institute of Rural Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; DDE; DDT; Nested case control study; Plasma organochlorines

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPERATING ROOMS; PLASMAS; RISK PERCEPTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

ASIAN COUNTRIES; BLOOD LEVELS; BREAST CANCER RISK; BREAST CANCERS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL (CI); DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE (DDT); HEXACHLOROBENZENE (HCB); HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (BHC); LOGISTIC REGRESSION (LR); ODDS RATIOS; ORGANOCHLORINE (OC); ORGANOCHLORINES (OC); PLASMA LEVELS; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; PROSPECTI VE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

BLOOD; CANCER; DDE; DDT; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PLASMA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLORPHENOTANE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEXACHLOROBENZENE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 48649102101     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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