Occupational exposures and risks of liver cancer among Shanghai female textile workers - A case-cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-369

  Chang, Chin Kuo ^a,b,c,e   Astrakianakis, George ^a   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Seixas, Noah S ^a   Ray, Roberta M ^b   Gao, Dao Li ^d   Wernli, Karen J ^a,b   Fitzgibbons, E Dawn ^b   Vaughan, Thomas L ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^d ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cotton dust; Endotoxin; Female labourers; Job exposure matrix; Latency analysis; Liver cancer; Occupational exposure; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; DYE; ENDOTOXIN; INK; LUBRICATING AGENT; METAL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PESTICIDE; RESIN; SOLVENT;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TOXIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DEMOGRAPHY; DUST; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SILK; SMOKING HABIT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; WOOL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; DUST; ENDOTOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33645816530     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi282     Document Type: Article

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