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  • Acini
  • Additive effect
  • Adolescence
  • Agonist
  • Androgen
  • Angiogenesis
  • Antagonist
  • Aquifer
  • Benign
  • Body burden
  • BRCA1
  • BRCA2
  • Carcinogen
  • Carcinogenic
  • Cell cycle
  • Cell differentiation
  • Cell metabolism
  • Critical periods (periods of susceptibility)
  • DNA
  • DNA replication and synthesis
  • Ductal cells
  • Endocrine disruptors
  • Enzyme
  • Epigenetic
  • Epithelial cells
  • Estradiol
  • Estrogen
  • Estrogen metabolites
  • Estrogen mimickers
  • Estrogen receptors
  • Estrogenic
  • Extracellular matrix (ECM)
  • Gene
  • Gene interaction
  • Gene expression
  • Genotype
  • Heavy metals
  • Hormone
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
  • Inherited factors
  • In utero
  • In vivo
  • Invasive cancer
  • Lactation
  • Lobules
  • Lobular cells
  • Lymphatic (immune) system
  • Malignant
  • Mammary system
  • Menarche
  • Menopause
  • Metabolite
  • Metastasis
  • Mitosis
  • Mutation
  • Nucleotide
  • Oncogene
  • PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
  • PAH-DNA adducts
  • Parabens
  • Pathway
  • PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
  • Phenotype
  • Phthalates
  • Phytoestrogens
  • Polygenetic
  • Precautionary principle
  • Progesterone
  • Progestin
  • Proliferation
  • PVC (polyvinyl chloride)
  • Radiation
  • Regulatory genes
  • Risk factor
  • Subcutaneous treatment
  • Synergism
  • Terminal end buds
  • Thelarche
  • Tumor suppressor gene
  • Variable penetrance
  • Xenoestrogens
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