Personal care products that contain estrogens or xenoestrogens may increase breast cancer risk

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 756-766

  Donovan, Maryann ^a   Tiwary, Chandra M ^a   Axelrod, Deborah ^c   Sasco, Annie J ^b   Jones, Lovell ^d   Hajek, Richard ^d   Sauber, Erin ^a   Kuo, Jean ^a   Davis, Devra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; ESTROGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MENOPAUSE; NULLIPARA; POPULATION MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENSTRUATION; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846502282     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.09.039     Document Type: Article

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