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The link between air pollution and breast cancer is weakened in greener environments, suggests study using UK Biobank data



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Greenness and its interaction with air pollution in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk in UK Biobank 

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Green environments may reduce the impact of air pollution on breast cancer risk

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The link between air pollution and breast cancer is weakened in greener environments, suggests study using UK Biobank data

Article URLhttp://plos.io/4oHyRAF

Article title: Greenness and its interaction with air pollution in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk in UK Biobank

Author countries: U.S.

Funding: BS effort was supported in part by grant P20GM103644 from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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