No family history : the environmental links to breast cancer /

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Author / Creator:McCormick, Sabrina.
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (v, 185 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:New social formations
New social formations.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403233
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ISBN:9780742566286
0742566285
9780742564084
0742564088
1282497189
9781282497184
9786612497186
6612497181
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: McCormick, Sabrina. No family history. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009 9780742564084 0742564088