Assessing the underlying breast cancer risk of Chinese females contributed by dietary intake of residual DDT from agricultural soils

The greatest concern over DDT exposure in China arose since the early 1990s for the rising breast cancer incidence, and the cause still remains to be elucidated. An extensive survey of DDT background in agricultural soils, covered the entire region of China, was conducted. DDT at concentrations grea...

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Main Authors: Mengling Tang, Meirong Zhao, Zhou Shanshan, Kun Chen, Chunlong Zhang, Weiping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412014002499