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Results of Long Island study published.(breast cancer demographics in Nassau and Suffolk counties)(Brief Article)
2002 SEP 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The results of a multiyear, congressionally-mandated study to determine whether breast cancer incidence in women in Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York was associated with exposures to environmental contaminants were published in the August issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project, one of the largest and most comprehensive environmental epidemiologic studies ever conducted on breast cancer, resulted in two principal findings:
* exposure to air-polluting polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment appears to elevate women's risk of ...
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