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Electric power, melatonin, and breast cancer

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5819892
In this paper, the epidemiology of breast cancer will be discussed, followed by a brief description of the effect of electric fields on melatonin and the relation of melatonin to mammary cancer in rats. Finally, there will be a consideration of factors such as alcohol that affect melatonin and their relation to breast cancer risk. 55 refs.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
5819892
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-15201; CONF-8709165-1; ON: DE88000991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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560300* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMINES
AROMATICS
AZAARENES
AZOLES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CARCINOGENESIS
CARCINOMAS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DAILY VARIATIONS
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DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FATS
GLANDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
INDOLES
LIGHT TRANSMISSION
MAMMARY GLANDS
MELATONIN
NEOPLASMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
PENETRATION DEPTH
PINEAL GLAND
PYRROLES
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
TRYPTAMINES
VARIATIONS