Preferred Label : Long Island Breast Cancer Study;
NCIt synonyms : Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project; LIBCSP;
CISMeF acronym : LIBCSP;
NCIt definition : The multistudy effort to investigate whether exposure to certain environmental factors
(water quality, air pollution, electromagnetic fields, pesticides and other toxic
chemicals, hazardous and municipal waste, etc.) contribute to the increased risk of
breast cancer. Project started in 1993 under Public Law 103-43 and is funded and coordinated
by the National Cancer Institute and the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences. The study is conducted in Suffolk, Nassau, and Schoharie counties in New
York and in Tolland County, Conn. It includes more than 10 studies: epidemiologic
studies, family breast and ovarian cancer registry, laboratory research, and the creation
of a new research tool, a Geographic Information System.;
Origin ID : C16127;
UMLS CUI : C1517939;
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