Uterine leiomyomata in a cohort of Great Lakes sport fish consumers

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-572

  Lambertino, Anissa ^a   Turyk, Mary ^a   Anderson, Henry ^b   Freels, Sally ^a   Persky, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

DDE; Fibroids; Great Lakes sport fish; Leiomyomata; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DDE; DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UTERUS MYOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FISHES; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79955103729     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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