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SUBMITTER: Hwang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7096411 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hwang Jeongeun J Bae Hyunjin H Choi Seunghyun S Yi Hahn H Ko Beomseok B Kim Namkug N
Scientific reports 20200325 1
Breast cancer is one of the major female health problems worldwide. Although there is growing evidence indicating that air pollution increases the risk of breast cancer, there is still inconsistency among previous studies. Unlike the previous studies those had case-control or cohort study designs, we performed a nationwide, whole-population census study. In all 252 administrative districts in South Korea, the associations between ambient NO<sub>2</sub> and particulate matter 10 (PM<sub>10</sub>) ...[more]