Polychlorinated biphenyls and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A case-control study in Northern Italy

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-259

  Maifredi, Giovanni ^a   Donato, Francesco ^a   Magoni, Michele ^b   Orizio, Grazia ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Maiolino, Pierpaolo ^b   Zani, Claudia ^a   Vassallo, Francesco ^b   Scarcella, Carmelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Authority of Brescia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etiology; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ETIOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

BRESCIA; ITALY; LOMBARDY;

BRESCIA;

EID: 79451471995     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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