Hormones, hormone metabolism, environment, and breast cancer: a workshop of the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer's Etiology Working Group.
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1 Centre de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation Notre Dame, Chamalières, France, 2 Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation, Hôpital Cochin AP-HP, Université Paris 5, Institut Fédératif de Recherche Handicap (IFR 25) INSERM, Paris, France, 3 INSERM U738, Département d’épidémiologie, biostatistique et recherche clinique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France, 4 Laboratoire Aventis, Groupe sanofi-aventis, Paris, France
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Workshop on hormones, hormone metabolism, the environment, and breast cancer.
The National Action Plan on Breast Cancer (NAPBC) is a public–private partnership designed to stimulate rapid progress in eradicating breast cancer. Soon after its formation, the NAPBC identified six priority areas for emphasis, one of which is the etiology and prevention of breast cancer. Under the aegis of the NAPBC, and co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, the Department of Health ...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
دوره 105 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997