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Organochlorines and breast cancer: A case-control study in Brazil

  1. Gulnar A.S. Mendonça1,*,
  2. José Eluf-Neto2,
  3. Maria J. Andrada-Serpa3,
  4. Pedro A.O. Carmo4,
  5. Heloisa H.C. Barreto5,
  6. Odete N.K. Inomata5,
  7. Tereza A. Kussumi5

Article first published online: 10 NOV 1999

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991126)83:5<596::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-P

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 83, Issue 5, pages 596–600, 26 November 1999

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Mendonça, G. A.S., Eluf-Neto, J., Andrada-Serpa, M. J., Carmo, P. A.O., Barreto, H. H.C., Inomata, O. N.K. and Kussumi, T. A. (1999), Organochlorines and breast cancer: A case-control study in Brazil. Int. J. Cancer, 83: 596–600. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991126)83:5<596::AID-IJC4>3.0.CO;2-P

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  1. 1

    Instituto de Medicina Social UERJ/ Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  2. 2

    Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  3. 3

    Serviço de Pesquisa Básica, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  4. 4

    Serviço de Mastologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  5. 5

    Instituto Adolfo Lutz, Secretaria de Saúde do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

*Departamento de Epidemiologia, Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 7o andar, 20559-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fax: +5521/264-1142.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 10 NOV 1999
  2. Article first published online: 10 NOV 1999
  3. Manuscript Revised: 22 JUN 1999
  4. Manuscript Received: 1 FEB 1999

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  • Pan American Health Organization. Grant Number: HDP/HDR/HCP/RG/BRA/1262

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