Endocrine disruptors from the environment affecting breast cancer (Review)
- Authors:
- Gloria M. Calaf
- Richard Ponce‑Cusi
- Francisco Aguayo
- Juan P. Muñoz
- Tammy C. Bleak
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Affiliations: Instituto de Alta Investigación, Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica 1000000, Chile, Programa de Virología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380000, Chile - Published online on: April 22, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2020.11566
- Pages: 19-32
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Copyright: © Calaf et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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