Exposure to hazardous air pollutants and risk of incident breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study II

• Main Authors: Jaime E. Hart (Author), Kimberly A. Bertrand (Author), Natalie DuPre (Author), Peter James (Author), Verónica M. Vieira (Author), Trang VoPham (Author), Maggie R. Mittleman (Author), Rulla M. Tamimi (Author), Francine Laden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Findings from a recent prospective cohort study in California suggested increased risk of breast cancer associated with higher exposure to certain carcinogenic and estrogen-disrupting hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). However, to date, no nationwide studies have evaluated these po...