Increased concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, hexachlorobenzene, and chlordanes in mothers of men with testicular cancer. (Environmental medicine: article).

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: June 1, 2003| Author: Carlberg, Michael; Dreifaldt, Ann Charlotte; Eriksson, Mikael; Hallquist, Arne; Hardell, Lennart; Kolmert, Torgny; Lindstrom, Gunilla; Starkhammar, Hans; van Bavel, Bert; Wijkstrom, Hans | Copyright information

An increasing incidence of testicular cancer has been reported from several countries in the Western world during the last decades. According to current hypothesis, testicular cancer is initiated during the fetal period, and exposure to endocrine disruptors, i.e., xenoestrogens, has been of concern. In this investigation we studied the concentrations of the sum of 38 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), and chlordanes, i...

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