Differences in serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds by occupational social class in pancreatic cancer

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-379

  Porta, Miquel ^a,b,c   de Basea, Magda Bosch ^a,c,d   Benavides, Fernando G ^c,d   López, Tomàs ^a,c   Fernandez, Esteve ^d,e   Marco, Esther ^g   Alguacil, Juan ^c,f   Grimalt, Joan O ^c,g   Puigdomènech, Elisa ^a,b,c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^g DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beta hexachlorocyclohexane; Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Etiology; Gender; Hexachlorobenzene; Organochlorine compounds; Pancreatic neoplasms; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sex; Social class; Social factors

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CANCER; CLASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETIOLOGY; GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; WORKER;

EID: 54049128424     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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