Current status of the epidemiologic evidence linking polychlorinated biphenyls and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and the role of immune Dysregulation

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1067-1075

  Kramer, Shira ^a   Hikel, Stephanie Moller ^a   Adams, Kristen ^a   Hinds, David ^a   Moon, Katherine ^a  

^a Epidemiology International   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunologic response; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Organochlorines; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84864572103     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104652     Document Type: Review

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