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Breast cancer and the environment : a life course approach /

"Breast Cancer and the Environment reviews the current evidence on a selection of environmental risk factors for breast cancer, considers gene-environment interactions in breast cancer, and explores evidence-based actions that might reduce the risk of breast cancer. The book also recommends fur...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Breast Cancer and the Environment: The Scientific Evidence, Research Methodology, and Future Directions
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Appendices.
  • Introduction
  • 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.