Environmental estrogens and breast cancer risk

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 475-478

  Davidson, Nancy E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031762212     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199809000-00018     Document Type: Short Survey

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