| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10897176 | Cancer Epidemiology | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Our findings point to immunologically relevant, early-life exposures to microbial-rich environments as potentially important in reducing thyroid cancer risk, consistent with the hygiene hypothesis and suggesting that certain, possibly animal-derived, microbial exposures may be important to immune calibration or priming.
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Authors
Christina A. Clarke, Peggy Reynolds, Ingrid Oakley-Girvan, Eunjung Lee, Yani Lu, Juan Yang, Lisa M. Moy, Leslie Bernstein, Pamela L. Horn-Ross,