Estrogen and Breast Cancer: What Factors Might Affect a Woman's Exposure to Estrogen, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 10
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Author
Clark, Rachel Ann
Snedeker, Suzanne
Devine, Carol
Abstract
This fact sheet discusses sources of exposure to the hormone estrogen, including how diet, body weight, alcohol consumption, and hormone therapy affect exposure, as well as exposure from plant estrogens in the diet and synthetic chemicals that are estrogen mimics.
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Fact sheet on the factors that can contribute to estrogen exposure
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New York State Department of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture CSREES
Date Issued
1998-03
Publisher
Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
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fact sheet