Re: Breast Cancer and Serum Organochlorines: a Prospective Study Among White, Black, and Asian Women
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Breast cancer, lactation history, and serum organochlorines.
The authors analyzed the relation between lactation history, organochlorine serum levels-in particular, 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT) and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE)-and the risk of breast cancer within a subsampe from a larger breast cancer case-control study conducted among women living in Mexico City, Mexico, between 1990 and 1995. From the origin...
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/86.16.1255