Breast cancer among women in Michigan following exposure to brominated flame retardants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 564-567

  Terrell, Metrecia L ^a   Rosenblatt, Karin A ^b   Wirth, Julie ^c,d   Cameron, Lorraine L ^d   Marcus, Michele ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICHIGAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84979060344     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103458     Document Type: Article

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