Serum levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in Mexican women and breast cancer risk

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 270-278

  Recio Vega, Rogelio ^a   Velazco Rodriguez, Victor ^a   Ocampo Gómez, Guadalupe ^a   Hernandez Gonzalez, Sandra ^a   Ruiz Flores, Pablo ^a   Lopez Marquez, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mexican women; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEXICO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955043466     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1672     Document Type: Article

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