Reproductive history, occupational exposures, and thyroid cancer risk among women textile workers in Shanghai, China

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-258

  Wong, E Y ^a   Ray, R ^b   Gao, D L ^c   Wernli, K J ^a   Li, W ^b   Fitzgibbons, E D ^b   Feng, Z ^b   Thomas, D B ^b   Checkoway, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Case cohort; Formal dehyde; Textile industry; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE STUDY; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30644474036     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0036-9     Document Type: Article

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