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

• Hoofdauteurs: Trang VoPham (Auteur), Natalie DuPré (Auteur), Rulla M. Tamimi (Auteur), Peter James (Auteur), Kimberly A. Bertrand (Auteur), Veronica Vieira (Auteur), Francine Laden (Auteur), Jaime E. Hart (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...