A prospective study of organochlorines in adipose tissue and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-111

  Bräuner, Elvira Vaclavik ^a   Sørensen, Mette ^a   Gaudreau, Eric ^b   Leblanc, Alain ^b   Eriksen, Kirsten Thorup ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^c   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Case cohort; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Organochlorines

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DANISH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84855215840     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103573     Document Type: Article

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