Case-control study of occupational exposures and male breast cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 599-604

  Cocco, P ^a   Figgs, L ^b   Dosemeci, M ^c   Hayes, R ^c   Linet, M S ^c   Hsing, A W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Male breast cancer; Occupation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FURNACE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRY; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BREAST; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031875437     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.9.599     Document Type: Article

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