historia quimica

CUARTA EDICION

2006

Estado de la
Evidencia

¿Cuál es la conexión entre
el medio ambiente y el cáncer de mama?
Editado por Nancy Evans, Consultora en Ciencias de la Salud, Breast Cancer Fund

CUARTA EDICION

2006

Estado de la
evidencia

¿Cuál es la conexión entre
el medio ambiente y el cáncer de mama?
Editado por Nancy Evans, Consultora en Ciencias de la Salud,Breast CancerFund

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El Breast Cancer Fund y el Breast Cancer Action agradecen a los siguientes científicos
expertos que revisaron y comentaron sobre Estado de la Evidencia:

Nancy Evans,
Health Science Consultant

Janet Gray, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology and Program in Science,
Technology and Society, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

JeanneRizzo, R.N.,
Executive Director

Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Director, Science and Environmental Health
Network, Boston, MA.

Kevin Donegan,
Director of Communications

Ana Soto, M.D., Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Tufts University
School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

Janet Nudelman,
Director of Program and Policy

Steven D. Stellman, Ph.D., M.P.H., Professor ofClinical Epidemiology, Mailman School
of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Marisa Walker,
Communications Coordinator
For Breast Cancer Action
Barbara Brenner,
Executive Director
Lisa Wanzor,
Associate Director
Rebecca Farmer,
Communications Officer
Developmental Editor
Genevieve Howe
Research Assistance
Ari Krakowski
Design and Production
Dennis Johnson
IkaSimpson
Cover Photo
Mammogram of normal milk
ducts in the breast; color added
to emphasize ductal structure
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by Breast Cancer Fund
and Breast Cancer Action

Los siguientes miembros de la facultad y personal del Instituto de Cáncer de la
Universidads de Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; qyienes también revisaron y comentaronel borrador:
Devra Lee Davis, Ph.D., M.P.H., Director, Center for Environmental Oncology, and
Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health,
University of Pittsburgh.
Stephen Grant, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and
Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
Ronald Herberman, M.D., Director, Universityof Pittsburgh Medical Center Cancer
Centers and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Associate Vice Chancellor for
Research, University of Pittsburgh, and Hillman Professor of Oncology and Professor
of Medicine and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Tiffany Miles, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Minority Health, Graduate School
of Public Health, University ofPittsburgh and Center for Environmental Oncology,
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.
Emanuela Taioli, M.D., Ph.D., Director of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences,
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, and Professor, Department of
Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.
Breast Cancer Fund and Breast Cancer Action are solely responsible forthe content of
this report. Some of the information included may not reflect the opinions of the above
experts. The assistance of these experts with this report does not imply endorsement by
their institutions.
The Breast Cancer Fund agradece a las siguientes fundaciones, corporaciones e
individuos por la producción e impresión de esta edición de Estado de la Evidencia.
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