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Running Head : CRITIQUE ON DDT AND BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

A Critique on a Research Article Examining DDT and Breast Cancer in Young Women

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This presents a critique on a published research by Cohn , Wolff Cirillo and Sholtz (2007 ) in which they examine how the peak use DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane , a synthetic pesticide , can be used to predict the presence of breast cancer . The scientific research is based on previous studies linking DDT exposure to breast cancer . The article emphasizes on the scientific nature of

the study with much concentration on the presentation of raw and analyzed data with minimal presentation on related literature . The critique also finds this article to be more targeted to readers who have established knowledge on the subject with strong scientific backgrounds

A Critique on a Research Article Examining DDT and Breast Cancer in Young Women

The article by Cohn , Wolff , Cirillo and Sholtz (2007 ) entitled DDT and Breast Cancer in Young Women : New Data on the Significance of Age at Exposure ' can be considered as a significant considering that the potential audience that may have interest in the are regular people who want information as to how pesticide exposure can potentially cause or determine breast cancer , especially among young women . The research problem is based on previous studies on the in which this time , the authors took the subject forward and calibrated the condition on whether DDT exposure during its high concentrations or peak use can determine breast cancer among women

The article directly states the process executed by means of enumerating the objectives , methods , results and conclusions . In terms of the review of literature , the authors merely presented a summary of past studies in which they hypothesized and presented a conclusion in which DDT exposure cannot be necessarily considered as a risk factor that can cause breast cancer among women . The authors cited a study by Lopez-Cervantes et , al (2004 . In this case , the authors mentioned that these previous studies were limited to conditions which did not include a degree of exposure in which the utilization of DDT is at its heaviest . From this , the authors presented data on actual subjects their age and the DDT levels as found in their blood

The theoretical framework of the research was mainly founded on taking a past study and increasing the levels of an important variable which is the DDT . This is a common step in research in which scientists further takes previous studies and cite their scope and limitations as a potential basis for the new research design . From this , the article has designed the research by conducting a scientific investigation involving subjects participating in Child Health and Development Studies participants from a specific area (Oakland , California ) and members of the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan whom , between 1959 and 1957 , requested for obstetric care

The selection of the subject can be considered significant as based on the premise of the research . As based on the research statement...