Plasma concentration of brominated flame retardants and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the French E3N cohort

• Main Authors: Francesca Romana Mancini (Author), German Cano-Sancho (Author), Oceane Mohamed (Author), Iris Cervenka (Author), Hanane Omichessan (Author), Philippe Marchand (Author), Marie-Christine B (Author), Patrick Arveux (Author), Gianluca Severi (Author), Jean-Philippe Antignac (Author), Marina Kvaskoff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are lipophilic substances with endocrine-disrupting properties. To date, only few investigations, mainly retrospective case-control studies, have explored the link between internal levels of BFRs and the risk of breast cancer, leading to conflic...