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Dietary cadmium intake and risk of prostate cancer: a Danish prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Cadmium is classified as a human lung carcinogen based on evidence from high-exposure occupational settings. Though cadmium has no physiological role, increasing evidence suggests cadmium may mimic steroid hormones. This dual ability of being carcinogenic and hormone-like makes cadmium a...

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Autores principales: Eriksen, Kirsten T, Halkjær, Jytte, Meliker, Jaymie R, McElroy, Jane A, Sørensen, Mette, Tjønneland, Anne, Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4397739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884961
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-015-1153-9