Dietary Cadmium Exposure and Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer in the Women’s Health Initiative | Zendy

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Dietary Cadmium Exposure and Risk of Breast, Endometrial, and Ovarian Cancer in the Women’s Health Initiative

Author(s) -

Scott V. Adams,

Sabah M. Quraishi,

Martin M. Shafer,

Michael N. Passarelli,

Emily P. Freney,

Rowan T. Chlebowski,

Juhua Luo,

Jaymie R. Meliker,

Lina Mu,

Marian L. Neuhouser,

Polly A. Newcomb

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307054

Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , endometrial cancer , women's health initiative , physiology , gynecology , cadmium , confounding , ovarian cancer , hazard ratio , oncology , cancer , obstetrics , postmenopausal women , confidence interval , chemistry , organic chemistry

In vitro and animal data suggest that cadmium, a heavy metal that contaminates some foods and tobacco plants, is an estrogenic endocrine disruptor. Elevated estrogen exposure is associated with breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer risk.

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