Risk of breast cancer among enlisted Army women occupationally exposed to volatile organic compounds

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 157-167

  Rennix, Christopher P ^a   Quinn, Margaret M ^b   Amoroso, Paul J ^c   Eisen, Ellen A ^b   Wegman, David H ^b  

^a Navy Environmental Health Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer incidence; Enlisted army occupations; Occupational exposure; Organic solvents; VOCs

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 2 BUTANONE; 2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DICHLOROETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; KEROSENE; KETONE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHANOL; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THINNER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARMY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 24944474950     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20201     Document Type: Review

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