Chemical exposure as etiology in developmental origin of adult onset human cancer

Chemical exposures are in principle preventable causes of cancer. People are exposed to chemicals already during fetal period and the possibility of disturbances in human development by chemical compounds leading to cancer later in life has been proven by diethylstilbestrol. Involved mechanisms most...

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Main Author: Kirsi Vähäkangas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2011.00062/full