## Abstract Estrogen and its metabolites are believed to play important roles in breast cancer, and its determinants include both genetic and lifestyle factors. The objective of the study is to investigate the association of breast cancer risk in Thailand with genetic polymorphisms in several genes
Polymorphism of cytosolic serine hydroxymethyltransferase, estrogen and breast cancer risk among Chinese women in Taiwan
โ Scribed by Chun-Wen Cheng; Jyh-Cherng Yu; Chiun-Sheng Huang; Jia-Ching Shieh; Yi-Ping Fu; Hsiao-Wei Wang; Pei-Ei Wu; Chen-Yang Shen
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 281 KB
- Volume
- 111
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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