© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 12, 871,
June 19, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
Press Release
Breast Cancer Mortality May Be Tied to Prolonged Exposure to Low Dose Radiation
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Women who worked as radiation technologists before 1950 have a higher risk of dying from breast cancer than those who began working in more recent years, report Aparna K. Mohan, M.D., Ph.D., now with the U.S. Food and Drug