Exposure to chemicals and radiation during childhood and risk for cancer later in life

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Carpenter, David O ^a   Bushkin Bedient, Sheila ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Carcinogens; Dioxins; Early life; Environment; PCBs

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETALDEHYDE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BENZENE; BIPHENYL; CARCINOGEN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIOXIN; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FAT; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; NITROSAMINE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE; VINYL CHLORIDE; WATER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; BREAD; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; CONDIMENT; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FAST FOOD; FISH; FOOD; FRUIT; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LATENT PERIOD; MEAT; ORGAN SYSTEMS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TINEA CAPITIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84876576937     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.01.027     Document Type: Review

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