Recent developments on the avoidable causes of breast cancer

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 513-523

  Lee, Devra Davis ^a,b   Pongsiri, Montira J ^c   Wolff, Mary ^d  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; HORMONE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MUTATION; POLLUTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0031587540     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56896.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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