Abundance and distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast tissue

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 291-297

  Ellsworth, Rachel E ^a   Mamula, Kimberly A ^b   Costantino, Nicholas S ^b   Deyarmin, Brenda ^b   Kostyniak, Paul J ^c   Chi, Lai Har ^c   Shriver, Craig D ^a   Ellsworth, Darrell L ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WINDBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast stroma; Environmental pollutants; Organochlorines; PCBs; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; PATHOLOGY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME; YOUNG ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924186561     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.025     Document Type: Article

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