Organochlorine Pesticide Content of Breast Adipose Tissue From Women With Breast Cancer and Control Subjects

Bagga et al conducted a study of the organochlorine content of breast adipose tissue. The study failed to confirm the hypothetical link between organochlorine pesticides and breast cancer.

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Published inJNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute Vol. 92; no. 9; pp. 750 - 753
Main Authors Bagga, Dilprit, Anders, Karl H., Wang, He-Jing, Roberts, Erika, Glaspy, John A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cary, NC Oxford University Press 03.05.2000
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
Subjects
Adipose Tissue - chemistry
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Body fat
Breast - chemistry
Breast - pathology
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - metabolism
Breast Neoplasms - pathology
DDT - analysis
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene - analysis
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane - analysis
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Insecticides - analysis
Mammary gland diseases
Medical research
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pesticides
Tumors
United States
North America
America
Human
Mammary gland diseases
Adipose tissue
Organochlorine compounds
Toxicity
Risk factor
Pesticides
Mammary gland
Malignant tumor
Epidemiology
Public health
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Summary:Bagga et al conducted a study of the organochlorine content of breast adipose tissue. The study failed to confirm the hypothetical link between organochlorine pesticides and breast cancer.
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Correspondence to: John A. Glaspy, M.D., 200 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 120-64, Los Angeles, CA 90095-6956 (e-mail: jglaspy@mednet.ucla.edu).
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ISSN:0027-8874
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DOI:10.1093/jnci/92.9.750