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Breast cancer in Marin County
Two articles previously published in Breast Cancer Research illustrate the high rates of breast cancer in Marin County, a wealthy, urban county immediately northwest of the city of San Francisco. I herein comment on these articles, and on the political/psychological/scientific dilemma presented by r...
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BioMed Central
2003
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC314435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12927030 |
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| author | Whittemore, Alice S |
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| description | Two articles previously published in Breast Cancer Research illustrate the high rates of breast cancer in Marin County, a wealthy, urban county immediately northwest of the city of San Francisco. I herein comment on these articles, and on the political/psychological/scientific dilemma presented by regions with high cancer rates, such as Marin County. I discuss possible causes for such cancer 'clusters', and conclude with some thoughts about the future. |
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| spelling | pubmed-3144352004-01-17 Breast cancer in Marin County Whittemore, Alice S Breast Cancer Res Commentary Two articles previously published in Breast Cancer Research illustrate the high rates of breast cancer in Marin County, a wealthy, urban county immediately northwest of the city of San Francisco. I herein comment on these articles, and on the political/psychological/scientific dilemma presented by regions with high cancer rates, such as Marin County. I discuss possible causes for such cancer 'clusters', and conclude with some thoughts about the future. BioMed Central 2003 2003-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC314435/ /pubmed/12927030 Text en Copyright © 2003 BioMed Central Ltd |
| spellingShingle | Commentary Whittemore, Alice S Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title | Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title_full | Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title_fullStr | Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title_short | Breast cancer in Marin County |
| title_sort | breast cancer in marin county |
| topic | Commentary |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC314435/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12927030 |
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