Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in blood and the risk for testicular cancer

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 282-290

  Hardell, Lennart ^a,b   Van Bavel, Bert ^b   Lindström, Gunilla ^b   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Eriksson, Mikael ^c   Dreifaldt, Ann Charlotte ^a   Wijkström, Hans ^d   Starkhammar, Hans ^e   Hallquist, Arne ^f   Kolmert, Torgny ^f  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Perinatal exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS CANCER;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 5644248141     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2004.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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