Improving organochlorine biomarker models for cancer research

MS Wolff, JA Britton, SL Teitelbaum, S Eng… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2005 - AACR
Multivariate methods were used to predict levels of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE)
and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in plasma from characteristics that …

Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane and polychlorinated biphenyls: intraindividual changes, correlations, and predictors in healthy women from the southeastern United …

TT Vo, BC Gladen, GS Cooper, DD Baird… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2008 - AACR
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDE) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) are
widespread environmental contaminants that have been postulated to increase the risk of …

Risk of breast cancer and organochlorine exposure

MS Wolff, A Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, N Dubin… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2000 - AACR
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 …

Predictors of plasma concentrations of DDE and PCBs in a group of US women.

F Laden, LM Neas, D Spiegelman… - Environmental …, 1999 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
We evaluated predictors of plasma concentrations of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene
(DDE), a metabolite of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and polychlorinated …

Temporal variation in chlorinated hydrocarbons in healthy women.

MD Gammon, MS Wolff, AI Neugut, MB Terry… - … , biomarkers & prevention …, 1997 - AACR
Chlorinated hydrocarbons may increase breast cancer risk. Most epidemiological studies
addressing this possibility have used one biological sample to measure a subject's …

Serum concentrations of organochlorine compounds and the subsequent development of breast cancer

KJ Helzlsouer, AJ Alberg, HY Huang, SC Hoffman… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 1999 - AACR
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 …

Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene, polychlorinated biphenyls, and breast cancer among African-American and white women in North Carolina

R Millikan, E DeVoto, EJ Duell, CK Tse, DA Savitz… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2000 - AACR
We examined plasma dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (DDE) and total polychlorinated
biphenyl (PCB) levels in relation to breast cancer in a population-based, case-control study …

Exposures associated with serum organochlorine levels among postmenopausal women from western New York State

KB Moysich, CB Ambrosone, P Mendola… - American journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Organochlorines, such as 2, 2‐bis (4‐chlorophenyl)‐1, 1‐
dichloroethylene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) …

Environmental contaminants and body fat distribution

JM Schildkraut, W Demark-Wahnefried, E DeVoto… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 1999 - AACR
The effect of body mass index (BMI) and waist: hip ratio (WHR) on plasma levels of
organochlorines [ie, 1, 1-dichloro-2, 2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene (DDE)] was investigated …

Serum organochlorines and breast cancer: a case–control study among African-American women

NM Gatto, MP Longnecker, MF Press… - Cancer Causes & …, 2007 - Springer
This population-based case–control study of African-American women (355 breast cancer
case patients, 327 controls) examined the association between breast cancer and …