Breast cancer and serum organochlorine residues
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Breast cancer and serum organochlorine residues.
BACKGROUND Controversy still exists about the breast carcinogenic properties in humans of environmental xenoestrogens (organochlorines), justifying new investigations. AIMS To compare the blood levels of total dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in samples collected at the time of breast cancer discovery, in order to avoid the potential consequences of body weigh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.5.348