Breast cancer risk among Finnish cabin attendants: A nested case-control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 488-493

  Kojo, K ^a,b   Pukkala, E ^c   Auvinen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRCRAFT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSMIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 21344458327     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014738     Document Type: Article

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