Abstract The environmental organochlorines 2, 2‐bis (p‐chlorophenyl) 1, 1, 1,
trichloroethane (DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been implicated as …

A nested case-control study was conducted to examine the association between serum
concentrations of 1, 1-dichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDE), the primary …

Background Exposure to “environmental estrogens” such as organochlorines in pesticides
and industrial chemicals has been proposed as a cause of increasing rates of breast cancer …

A prospective investigation of breast cancer and organochlorine (OC) exposures was
undertaken in the New York University Women's Health Study. Cases (n= 148) and …

Objective: To prospectively evaluate if repeated measurements of organochlorine exposure
provide a more precise measure of breast cancer risk. Methods: In the Copenhagen City …

Background: Five small case-control studies have examined the relationship between
exposure to organochlorines and the risk of breast cancer and have found inconsistent …

Environmental exposure to organochlorine compounds has been associated with a potential
role in breast cancer etiology, but results from previous investigations yielded inconsistent …

Background: Environmental exposure to organochlorines has been examined as a potential
risk factor for breast cancer. In 1993, five large US studies of women located mainly in the …

Objective: To prospectively evaluate relationships of organochlorine pesticides and
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with breast cancer, we conducted a case-control study …

Background: Organochlorines such as DDT [2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl)-1, 1, 1-
trichloroethane] and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), which have been used extensively …