The age, infection history with pesticide materials: organic phosphate, organic clo and breast cancer
- Author:
Dang Thi Phuong Loan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
pesticide materials
- MeSH:
Pesticides;
history;
Breast Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;456(7):33-35
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
1220 breast cancer patients and 1487 no cancer patients at Hospital K, Ha Noi, from 1993-1998 were diagnosed basing on clinical, cytological and pathological examinations. The study showed that women of the age group of 40-49 had higher risk than other age groups on breast cancer. The history of exposure with chemical insecticides of organophosphorus and organochlorine increased the risk of breast cancer
