Polychlorinated biphenyls and cancer: An epidemiological assessment

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part C Environmental Carcinogenesis and Ecotoxicology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-144

  Zani, Claudia ^a   Toninelli, Giuseppe ^a   Filisetti, Barbara ^a   Donato, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer epidemiology; endocrine disruptors; meta analysis; non Hodgkin lymphoma; organochlorines; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; META-ANALYSIS; NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA; ORGANOCHLORINES; PCDD; PCDF;

DISEASES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLE OILS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER;

CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84877978780     PISSN: 10590501     EISSN: 15324095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10590501.2013.782174     Document Type: Article

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