DDT exposure in utero and breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2865-2872

  Cohn, Barbara A ^a   La Merrill, Michele ^b   Krigbaum, Nickilou Y ^a   Yeh, Gregory ^c,d   Park, June Soo ^c   Zimmermann, Lauren ^a   Cirillo, Piera M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; O,P'-DDT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAUGHTER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADULT CHILD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939198978     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-1841     Document Type: Article

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