Polychlorinated biphenyls and breast cancer: A congener-specific meta-analysis

Environment International

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-141

  Leng, Ling ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Luo, Xiu mei ^a   Kim, Jun young ^a   Li, Yi meng ^a   Guo, Xue mei ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Yang, Qiao yun ^a   Li, Guang ^a   Tang, Nai jun ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Congener specific; Dioxin like; Meta analysis; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST CANCER; CONGENER-SPECIFIC; CYTOCHROME P450 ENZYMES; DIOXIN LIKES; LITERATURE DATABASE; META ANALYSIS; PCB CONGENERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

QUALITY CONTROL;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CANCER; DIOXIN; HEALTH RISK; META-ANALYSIS; PCB;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWCASTLE OTTAWA SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE LEVEL; ANALYSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84952018304     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.022     Document Type: Article

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