Associations of serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides with breast cancer and prostate cancer in U.S. adults

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-66

  Xu, Xiaohui ^a   Dailey, Amy B ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^b   Ilacqua, Vito A ^a   Kearney, Greg ^c   Asal, Nabih R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Endocrine disruptors; Organochlorine pesticides; Pesticide; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIELDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77149149657     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900919     Document Type: Article

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