Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls
Howland RE, Deziel NC, Bentley GR, Booth M, Choudhury OA, Hofmann JN, Hoover RN, Katki HA, Trabert B, Fox SD, Troisi R, Houghton LC. Assessing Endogenous and Exogenous Hormone Exposures and Breast Development in a Migrant Study of Bangladeshi and British Girls. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2020, 17: 1185. PMID: 32069802, PMCID: PMC7068451, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17041185.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEstrogen metabolitesBPA-glucuronideBreast developmentMigrant studiesBreast cancer incidenceEndogenous estrogen levelsBisphenol A (BPA) exposureExogenous hormone exposureCross-sectional studyBangladeshi girlsTime of interviewUrine spot samplesHazard ratioEstrogen levelsA ExposureCancer incidenceEarlier thelarcheTanner stageUbiquitous exposureHormone exposureThelarcheLiquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometryConfidence intervalsWhite BritishAdolescent girls