Self-reported chemicals exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: a case-control study

Table 7 Beliefs about heredity as a cause of breast cancer by family history and case status

		Cases				Controls
		Family history of breast cancer				Family history of breast cancer
		Yes		No		Yes		No
Belief		N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Heredity contributes "a lot" to breast cancer	Yes	120	61	211	36	83	61	391	67
	No	76	39	380	64	52	39	195	33

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