Relative abundance of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in adipose tissue and serum of women in Long Island, New York

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 489-496

  Stellman, Steven D ^a   Djordjevic, Mirjana V ^a   Muscat, Joshua E ^a   Gong, Lin ^a   Bernstein, David ^a   Citron, Marc L ^b   White, Agnès ^c   Kemeny, Margaret ^d   Busch, Erna ^d   Nafziger, Anne N ^e  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b ProHEALTH Care Associates   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 7344230476     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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