Polychlorinated biphenyls and their association with survival following breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 21-30

  Parada, Humberto ^a   Wolff, Mary S ^b   Engel, Lawrence S ^a   Eng, Sybil M ^c   Khankari, Nikhil K ^d   Neugut, Alfred I ^c   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; organochlorine compounds; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955469313     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2015.11.023     Document Type: Article

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