Occupational Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Risk of Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Sharon R. Silver,
Elizabeth A. Whelan,
James A. Deddens,
N. Kyle Steenland,
Nancy B. Hopf,
Martha A. Waters,
Avima M. Ruder,
Mary M. Prince,
Lee C. Yong,
Misty J. Hein,
Elizabeth Ward
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.11774
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cohort , confounding , cohort study , demography , odds ratio , risk assessment , environmental health , cumulative incidence , relative risk , national death index , cancer , hazard ratio , computer security , sociology , computer science
Despite the endocrine system activity exhibited by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), recent studies have shown little association between PCB exposure and breast cancer mortality.
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