Agent orange exposure, Vietnam war veterans, and the risk of prostate cancer

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3369-3371

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Needham, Larry ^b   Pavuk, Marian ^c   Michalek, Joel ^d   Colacino, Justin ^a   Ryan, Jake ^e   Päpke, Olaf ^f   Birnbaum, Linda ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^f Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DIOXIN;

AIR FORCE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAFETY; SELF REPORT; VETERAN; VIET NAM; WAR;

2,4,5-TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; DEFOLIANTS, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 68549111084     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24365     Document Type: Letter

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