No family history :: the environmental links to breast cancer /

No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of thebig business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink produ...

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1. Verfasser: McCormick, Sabrina
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Schriftenreihe:New social formations.
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Zusammenfassung:No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of thebig business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention--reducing environmental exposures that havecontributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates. But the dollars continue to pour into th.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (v, 185 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780742566286
0742566285
1282497189
9781282497184
9786612497186
6612497181