Breast cancer and the environment
Subtitle: a life course approach
By: 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
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780309220699; 9780309220705
Subjects: Etiology; Breast Neoplasms; Adverse effects; Prevention & control; Risk Factors; Environmental Exposure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Background, definitions, concepts; title: What we have learned from current approaches to studying environmental risk factors; title: Challenges of studying environmental risk factors for breast cancer; title: Examining mechanisms of breast cancer over the life course : implications for risk; title: Opportunities for action to reduce environmental risks for breast cancer; title: Recommendations for future research.