Do underarm cosmetics cause breast cancer?

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 212-214

  Gikas, Panagiotis D ^a   Mansfield, Lucy ^a   Mokbel, Kefah ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cosmetics; Deodorants; Underarm

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CARCINOGEN; DEODORANT AGENT;

ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWEAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; DEODORANTS; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWEAT;

EID: 14844315708     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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