Breast cancer mortality among female electrical workers in the United States

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 921-925

  Loomis, Dana P ^a   Savitz, David A ^a   Ananth, Cande V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0028291913     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/86.12.921     Document Type: Article

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