Light and the City: Breast Cancer Risk Factors Differ Between Urban and Rural Women in Israel

Women are exposed to indoor and outdoor artificial light at night (ALAN) in urban and rural environments. Excessive exposure to hazardous ALAN containing short wavelength light may suppress pineal melatonin production and lead to an increased breast cancer (BC) risk. Our objective was to address the...

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Main Authors: Atalya Keshet-Sitton MSc, Keren Or-Chen PhD, Sara Yitzhak PhD, Ilana Tzabary RN, Abraham Haim PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-06-01
Series:Integrative Cancer Therapies
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735416660194