Carcinogenicity of lindane, DDT, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 891-892

  Loomis, Dana ^a   Guyton, Kathryn ^a   Grosse, Yann ^a   El Ghissasi, Fatiha ^a   Bouvard, Véronique ^a   Benbrahim Tallaa, Lamia ^a   Guha, Neela ^a   Mattock, Heidi ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; CARCINOGEN; CHLORPHENOTANE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSECTICIDE; LINDANE;

ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DDT; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INSECTICIDES; LINDANE; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84939861208     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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