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SUBMITTER: Cohn BA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2936455 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul-Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohn Barbara A BA Cirillo Piera M PM Christianson Roberta E RE
Archives of environmental & occupational health 20100701 3
The authors examined maternal serum levels of DDT-related compounds in relation to son's risk of testicular cancer 30 years later. Fifteen of 9,744 live-born sons were diagnosed with germ cell testicular cancer and had maternal serum samples. Cases were matched to three controls on race and birth year. Maternal serum DDT-related compounds, measured in the early postpartum, were associated with her son's risk of testicular cancer. Despite low statistical power, we observed that mothers of cases h ...[more]