Dietary cadmium intake and breast cancer risk in Japanese women: A case-control study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-77

  Itoh, Hiroaki ^a   Iwasaki, Motoki ^b   Sawada, Norie ^b   Takachi, Ribeka ^c   Kasuga, Yoshio ^d,e   Yokoyama, Shiro ^f   Onuma, Hiroshi ^f   Nishimura, Hideki ^g   Kusama, Ritsu ^h   Yokoyama, Kazuhito ^a   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital   (Japan)

^e SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f NAGANO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^h Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupter; Epidemiology; Estrogen mimicking; Heavy metal; Hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEAVY METAL; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGEN-MIMICKING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLLUTANT; RISK;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGEN-MIMICKING; HEAVY METAL; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CADMIUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 84887617508     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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