Community-initiated breast cancer and environment studies and the precautionary principle

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 920-925

  Brody, Julia Green ^a   Tickner, Joel ^b   Rudel, Ruthann A ^a  

^a SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Community based participatory research; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Environmental exposure assessment; Geographic information system; Precautionary principle; Public involvement

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMMUNITY CARE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SAMPLING; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW YORK; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 23844526147     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7784     Document Type: Article

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