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Month: June 2017

Lessons from Abroad: Highlights of Our Visit to Santiago, Chile

Lessons from Abroad: Highlights of Our Visit to Santiago, Chile

As evidence suggests the seeds of breast cancer may be sown early in life, the Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA) study hopes to find out whether exposure to common environmental chemicals during puberty increases breast cancer risk later in life. To do this, the ELLA study builds on an existing study involving 500 girls in Santiago, creating new

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    Early Life exposures in Latina Adolescents (ELLA)

    The ELLA study investigates whether exposure to environmental chemicals during adolescence—an important window of susceptibility—increases breast cancer risk later in life.

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