Agent Orange exposure, Vietnam War veterans, and the risk of prostate cancer

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2464-2470

  Chamie, Karim ^a,b,d   DeVere White, Ralph W ^a   Lee, Dennis ^a   Ok, Joon Ha ^a,b   Ellison, Lars M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Penobscot Bay Med Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Dioxins; Neoplasms; Prostate; Vietnam veterans

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; FINASTERIDE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 55549128226     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23695     Document Type: Article

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