Breast Cancer Incidence and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals in 82 Counties in Mississippi

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 259-263

  Mitra, Amal K ^a   Faruque, Fazlay S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MISSISSIPPI;

EID: 1642385899     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000100115.62621.F1     Document Type: Article

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