Estrogen receptor positive breast cancers and their association with environmental factors

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  St Hilaire, Sophie ^a   Mandal, Rakesh ^b   Commendador, Amy ^c   Mannel, Sylvio ^c,d   Derryberry, DeWayne ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of History and Political Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; WATER VAPOR;

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955737103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-32     Document Type: Article

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