Y. de L. Merola
Department of Pathophysiology, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
[ 1 ] - Natural environmental gamma radiation exposure and prevalence of breast cancer in Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil
Background: Environmental ionizing radiation has been associated with increased cancer risk by several studies. The Brazilian city of Poços de Caldas, MG, seats on a huge deposit of uranium, which was until recently mined. We performed a retrospective analysis of 310 cases of patients with breast cancer, who were exposed for at least ten years to different levels of ion...
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