Environmental radon exposure and breast cancer risk in the Nurses' Health Study II

• Main Authors: Trang VoPham (Author), Natalie DuPré (Author), Rulla M. Tamimi (Author), Peter James (Author), Kimberly A. Bertrand (Author), Veronica Vieira (Author), Francine Laden (Author), Jaime E. Hart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Radon and its decay products, a source of ionizing radiation, are primarily inhaled and can deliver a radiation dose to breast tissue, where they may continue to decay and emit DNA damage-inducing particles. Few studies have examined the relationship between radon and breast canc...