Variation in female breast cancer risk by occupation

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 430-437

  Coogan, Patricia F ^a   Clapp, Richard W ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b,c   Mittendorf, Robert ^a,d   Bogdan, Greg ^a,e   Baron, John A ^a,f   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a,g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; case control studies; occupational factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION;

EID: 0029836482     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199610)30:4<430::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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