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Sun Exposure, Vitamin D Receptor Genetic Variants, and Risk of Breast Cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Background: Epidemiologic evidence suggests a negative relation between sunlight exposure and breast cancer risk. The hypothesized mechanism is sunlight-induced cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D.

Source: Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

DOI: 10.17615/y577-1q43

Authors: Mujumdar, Urvi, Roy, Pampa, Yoo, Sarah, Coble, Joseph, Satagopan, Jaya, Alavanja, Michael C., Engel, Lawrence S., Sima, Camelia S., Sandler, Dale P., Orlow, Irene

Language: English

Topic: Vitamin D Research Studies

Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute

Awards: Studies of Occupational Cancer (Pesticides), G2920730897, G5181549679, STUDY OF EXPOSURES, BEHAVIORS, AND BIOMARKERS IN CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY, G9000000306, G9000259169

OpenAlex ID: W4299951888

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