Serum organochlorine pesticide residues and risk of testicular germ cell carcinoma: A population-based case-control study

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2012-2018

  Biggs, Mary L ^a   Davis, Mark D ^c   Eaton, David L ^a   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b   Barr, Dana B ^c   Doody, David R ^b   Fish, Sherianne ^b   Needham, Larry L ^c   Chen, Chu ^a,b   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DNA; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SALVAGE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 54049132976     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0032     Document Type: Article

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