Environmental factors and breast cancer

Endocrine-Related Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 113-123

  Safe, S H ^a   McDougal, A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0030972736     PISSN: 13510088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/erc.0.0040113     Document Type: Article

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