Open AccessA Prospective Study of Organochlorines in Adipose Tissue and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Author(s) -
Elvira Vaclavik Bräuner,
Mette Sørensen,
Éric Gaudreau,
Alain LeBlanc,
Kirsten Thorup Eriksen,
Anne Tjønneland,
Kim Overvad,
Ole RaaschouNielsen
Publication year - 2012
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.1103573
Subject(s) - medicine , adipose tissue , prospective cohort study , cohort , interquartile range , cohort study , population , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , body mass index , environmental health
Exposure to organochlorines has been examined as a potential risk factor for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), with inconsistent results that may be related to limited statistical power or to imprecise exposure measurements.