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Perspectives on the chemical etiology of breast cancer.

Environmental health perspectives - 1 Feb 2002

DeBruin Lillian S, Josephy P David

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Multiple factors, known and unknown, contribute to human breast cancer. Hereditary, hormonal, and reproductive factors are associated with risk of breast cancer. Environmental agents, including chemical carcinogens, are modifiable risk factors to which over 70% of breast cancers have been attributed. Polymorphisms of drug-metabolizing enzymes may influence risk of breast cancer from environmental chemicals,...

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PMID: 11834470
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110s1119
PMCID: PMC1241154

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