There are few unequivocably established environmental carcinogens for breast cancer in women. Nevertheless, environmental factors are believed to explain much of the international variation in breast cancer risk and possibly differences among racial/ethnic groups. Along with lifestyle, some adverse
Obesity augmented breast cancer risk: A potential risk factor for Indian women
β Scribed by Alok K. Singh; Anjita Pandey; Mallika Tewari; Daliparthy D. Pratyush; Hemant K. Singh; Hausila P. Pandey; Hari S. Shukla
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 477 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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