2000
Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields from Use of Electric Blankets and Other In-Home Electrical Appliances and Breast Cancer Risk
Zheng T, Holford T, Mayne S, Owens P, Zhang B, Boyle P, Carter D, Ward B, Zhang Y, Zahm S. Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields from Use of Electric Blankets and Other In-Home Electrical Appliances and Breast Cancer Risk. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2000, 151: 1103-1111. PMID: 10873135, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010154.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskCancer riskOdds ratioAge frequency-matched controlsIncident breast cancer patientsElectric blanketFrequency-matched controlsAdjusted odds ratioBreast cancer patientsEstrogen receptor statusFemale breast cancerCase-control studyDuration of useReceptor statusCancer patientsNever usersBreast cancerStudy interviewersRegular useLifetime useRiskStructured questionnaireExposureTotalOxychlordane and trans-nonachlor in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer.
Zheng T, Holford T, Tessari J, Mayne S, Zahm S, Owens P, Zhang B, Ward B, Carter D, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Dubrow R, Boyle P. Oxychlordane and trans-nonachlor in breast adipose tissue and risk of female breast cancer. Journal Of Cancer Epidemiology And Prevention 2000, 5: 153-60. PMID: 11051111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdipose tissue levelsBreast cancer riskFemale breast cancerBreast adipose tissueBreast cancerRisk factorsOdds ratioAdipose tissueBenign breast disease controlsFemale breast cancer riskPrimary breast cancer patientsCovariate-adjusted odds ratioEnvironmental exposuresProgesterone receptor statusBreast cancer patientsRecent epidemiological studiesMenopausal statusReceptor statusHighest quartileEpidemiological studiesCancerMajor metaboliteRiskStructured questionnaireOverall significant impact
1999
β‐Benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma
Zheng T, Holford T, Mayne S, Owens P, Ward B, Carter D, Dubrow R, Zahm S, Boyle P, Tessari J. β‐Benzene hexachloride in breast adipose tissue and risk of breast carcinoma. Cancer 1999, 85: 2212-2218. PMID: 10326700, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19990515)85:10<2212::aid-cncr16>3.0.co;2-f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast adipose tissueAdipose tissue levelsBreast carcinoma riskBreast carcinoma casesBreast carcinomaAdipose tissueCarcinoma casesCarcinoma riskTissue levelsBenign breast diseaseProgesterone receptor statusPatients age 40Association of exposurePrimary breast carcinomaLogistic regression modelsPostmenopausal womenMenopausal statusParous womenNulliparous womenReceptor statusHighest quartilePotential confoundersBreast diseaseΒ-benzene hexachlorideConnecticut women