Plasma concentration of brominated flame retardants and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the French E3N cohort

Plasma concentration of brominated flame retardants and postmenopausal breast cancer risk: a nested case-control study in the French E3N cohort

Abstract Background Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are lipophilic substances with endocrine-disrupting properties. To date, only few investigations, mainly retrospective case-control studies, have explored the link between internal levels of BFRs and the risk of breast cancer, leading to conflic...

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Main Authors: Francesca Romana Mancini, German Cano-Sancho, Oceane Mohamed, Iris Cervenka, Hanane Omichessan, Philippe Marchand, Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault, Patrick Arveux, Gianluca Severi, Jean-Philippe Antignac, Marina Kvaskoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Environmental Health
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs)
Pentabromodiphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs)
E3N cohort
Biomonitoring
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-020-00607-9

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