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Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: a preliminary study

  1. Richard P. Gallagher1,2,3,*,
  2. Amy C. MacArthur4,
  3. Tim K. Lee1,3,5,
  4. Jean-Philippe Weber6,
  5. Alain Leblanc6,
  6. J. Mark Elwood1,
  7. Marilyn Borugian1,2,
  8. Zenaida Abanto1,
  9. John J. Spinelli1,2

Article first published online: 9 JUN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25503

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 128, Issue 8, pages 1872–1880, 15 April 2011

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Gallagher, R. P., MacArthur, A. C., Lee, T. K., Weber, J.-P., Leblanc, A., Mark Elwood, J., Borugian, M., Abanto, Z. and Spinelli, J. J. (2011), Plasma levels of polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma: a preliminary study. Int. J. Cancer, 128: 1872–1880. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25503

Author Information

  1. 1

    Cancer Control Research Program, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  2. 2

    School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  3. 3

    Department of Dermatology and Skin Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  4. 4

    Planning and Evaluation Division, Region of Waterloo Public Health, Waterloo, Canada

  5. 5

    Department of Computing Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada

  6. 6

    Centre de Toxicologie, Institut National de Sante Publique du Quebec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada

*BC Cancer Agency, 675 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 FEB 2011
  2. Article first published online: 9 JUN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 14 MAY 2010
  4. Manuscript Received: 19 OCT 2009

Funded by

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Grant Numbers: MOP-POP-171544, 9809 OP-40454
  • Canadian Cancer Society
  • Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

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