Environment and Breast Cancer: Science Review

 

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Arsenic and cancer

Jackson, R., Grainge, J. W. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 1975. 113:5, 396-401.

Topic area
Environmental pollutant

Funding agency

Link to Abstract

Exposures investigated
Arsenic

Reviewers Comments
Among 7 exposed cancer patients, one had bilateral breast cancer. Pesticide exposures to arsenic are no longer common. Drinking water exposures occur.