Breast cancer risk and environmental exposures

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1997, Pages 891-896

  Wolff, Mary S ^a   Weston, Ainsley ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Environment; Genetic; Metabolism; Timing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARCINOGEN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DNA; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TUMOR PROMOTION;

EID: 0030771694     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s4891     Document Type: Conference Paper

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