Environmental organochlorine exposure and postmenopausal breast cancer risk

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-188

  Moysich, Kirsten B ^a,e   Ambrosone, Christine B ^d   Vena, John E ^a   Shields, Peter G ^c   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Kostyniak, Paul ^a   Greizerstein, Hebe ^a   Graham, Saxon ^a   Marshall, James R ^b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Freudenheim, Jo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIREX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7344255753     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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