Prostate cancer as an environmental disease: An ecological study in the French Caribbean islands, Martinique and Guadeloupe

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1037-1044

  Belpomme, D ^a,b   Irigaray, P ^b   Ossondo, M ^c   Vacque, D ^d   Martin, M ^b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b Association for Research and Treatments Against Cancer ARTAC   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^d Department of Medical Oncology   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Environmental disease; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; LINDANE; PESTICIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GUADELOUPE; MARTINIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GUADELOUPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARTINIQUE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649429260     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000229     Document Type: Article

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