Occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds and biliary tract cancer among men
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Occupational exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds and biliary tract cancer among men.
OBJECTIVES This study investigated the association between cancer of the extrahepatic biliary tract and exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds. METHODS Altogether 183 men with histologically confirmed carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary tract and 1938 matched controls were interviewed between 1995 and 1997 in the frame of an international multicenter case-control study in six European c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0355-3140,1795-990X
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1158