Exposure to organic solvents and breast cancer in women: A hypothesis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Labrèche, France P ^a,b   Goldberg, Mark S ^b,c  

^a Occup and Environmental Health Unit   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

biotransformation; breast cancer; hypothesis; occupation; organic solvents; women

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SOLVENTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 1842376944     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199707)32:1<1::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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