Breast cancer risk in airline cabin attendants: A nested case-control study in Iceland

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 807-809

  Rafnsson, V ^a,b   Sulem, P ^b   Tulinius, H ^b   Hrafnkelsson, J ^c  

^a Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AIRCRAFT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0242266462     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.11.807     Document Type: Article

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