Occupational risk factors for esophageal and stomach cancers among female textile workers in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 717-725

  Wernli, Karen J ^a,b   Fitzgibbons, E Dawn ^a   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Dao, Li Gao ^c   Li, Wenjin ^a   Seixas, Noah S ^b   Camp, Janice E ^b   Astrakianakis, George ^b   Feng, Ziding ^a   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cotton fiber; Endotoxins; Esophageal neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Occupations; Silicon dioxide; Stomach neoplasms; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; METAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; DUST; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JOB ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER;

AGED; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33645713460     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj091     Document Type: Article

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