Impact of DDT on women's health in Bangladesh: escalating breast cancer risk and disturbing menstrual cycle

Zarin Subah; Jae Hyeon Ryu

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2024.1309499

Impact of DDT on women's health in Bangladesh: escalating breast cancer risk and disturbing menstrual cycle

Front Public Health. 2024 Feb 12:12:1309499. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1309499. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Zarin Subah¹, Jae Hyeon Ryu¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Natural Resources and College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Idaho Boise, Boise, ID, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: DDT; breast cancer; menstruation; toxicity; women's health.

MeSH terms

Bangladesh / epidemiology
Breast Neoplasms* / epidemiology
DDT*
Female
Humans
Menstrual Cycle
Women's Health

Substances

DDT

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This publication activity is supported partially by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), under JR's Hatch project 1023305. Any opinions, findings, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of USDA.