Title |
Exposure to fogger trucks and breast cancer incidence in the Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project: a case–control study
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Published in |
Environmental Health, March 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1476-069x-12-24 |
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Authors |
Alexandra J White, Susan L Teitelbaum, Mary S Wolff, Steven D Stellman, Alfred I Neugut, Marilie D Gammon |
Abstract |
Few studies have supported an association between breast cancer and DDT, usually assessed with biomarkers that cannot discern timing of exposure, or differentiate between the accumulation of chronic low-dose versus acute high-dose exposures in the past. Previous studies suggest that an association may be evident only among women exposed to DDT during biologically susceptible windows, or among those diagnosed with estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor-positive (ER+PR+) breast cancer subtypes. Self-reported acute exposure to a fogger truck, which sprayed DDT prior to 1972, was hypothesized to increase the risk of breast cancer, particularly among women exposed at a young age or diagnosed with ER+PR+ breast cancer. |
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United States | 2 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
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United States | 2 | 8% |
Unknown | 23 | 92% |
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Researcher | 6 | 24% |
Student > Master | 5 | 20% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 3 | 12% |
Other | 2 | 8% |
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Unknown | 4 | 16% |
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Environmental Science | 5 | 20% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 20% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 16% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 8% |
Engineering | 2 | 8% |
Other | 4 | 16% |
Unknown | 3 | 12% |