Occupational risk factors for breast cancer among women in Shanghai

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 477-483

  Petralia, Sandra A ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph ^b   Jin, Fan ^c   Gao, Yu Tang ^c   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Breast cancer; Occupational; Occupational exposures; Shanghai, China; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHINA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

EID: 0031664826     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199811)34:5<477::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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