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Author Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions.

Title Breast cancer and the environment : a life course approach / Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions, Board on Health Care Services, Board on Health Sciences Policy
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2012]
©2012

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 MELB  616.99449071 Ins/Bca  AVAILABLE
Description xxiii, 409 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Contents Background, definitions, concepts -- What we have learned from current approaches to studying environmental risk factors -- Challenges of studying environmental risk factors for breast cancer -- Examining mechanisms of breast cancer over the life course : implications for risk -- Opportunities for action to reduce environmental risks for breast cancer -- Recommendations for future research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Breast -- Cancer -- Environmental aspects.
Breast -- Cancer -- Risk factors.
Breast -- Cancer -- Pathogenesis.
Breast -- Cancer -- Pathophysiology.
Breast Neoplasms -- etiology.
Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects.
Breast Neoplasms -- prevention & control.
Risk Factors.
LC no. 2012007110
ISBN 9780309220699 paperback
0309220696 paperback
9780309220705 PDF
030922070X PDF