Uterine leiomyomata in a cohort of Great Lakes sport fish consumers

Anissa Lambertino, Mary Turyk, Henry A. Anderson, Henry Anderson, Sally Freels, Victoria Persky
Environmental research · 2011 · vol. 111(4) , pp. 565–572 · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2011.01.006 · PMID:21310402 · PMC3111144 · W1994284018
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In a Great Lakes Fish Consumption Study cohort, each decade of sport fish consumption raised uterine leiomyomata incidence (IRR 1.2), and among never-breastfeeding women, serum PCBs and estrogenic, antiestrogenic, and dioxin-like PCB groupings were significantly associated with prevalent UL.

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Diet Fisheries Fishes Leiomyoma Uterine Neoplasms Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Animals Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene Diet Environmental Exposure Environmental Exposure Female Fisheries Fishes Great Lakes Region Great Lakes Region Humans

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