Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and fibroids: Results from the ENDO study

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 278-285

  Trabert, Britton ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Peterson, C Matthew ^d   Pollack, Anna Z ^e   Sun, Liping ^b   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

epidemiology; omental fat; persistent organic pollutants; serum; uterine fibroids

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LEIOMYOMA; ODDS RATIO; OMENTUM; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY; UTERUS CANCER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LEIOMYOMA; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OMENTUM; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928581278     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.31     Document Type: Article

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