Breast Cancer Risk Associated With Residential Proximity to Industrial Plants in Canada.

The article presents a study on the relationship of industrial plant's residential proximity to risk in breast cancer. It mentions that case-control study of breast cancer cases and data collections and statistical analysis by provincial registries were conducted to study the relationship. Results show an increased in odd ratios in premenopausal women residing near steel mills and in postmenopausal women residing near pulp mills and petroleum refineries.