Impact of tetrachloroethylene-contaminated drinking water on the risk of breast cancer: Using a dose model to assess exposure in a case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vieira, Verónica ^a   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Ozonoff, David ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HABIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 84872261177     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-3     Document Type: Article

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