Brain tumors and occupational exposures in a cohort of female textile workers in Shanghai, China

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-184

  Gold, Laura S ^a,b   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^a,b   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Wernli, Karen ^a,b   Fitzgibbons, E Dawn ^a   Gao, Dao Li ^c   Astrakianakis, George ^b   Feng, Ziding ^a   Thomas, David ^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

Case cohort study; Maintenance; Textile industry; Wool

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TUMOR; WOOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON DUST; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; WOOL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANGHAI;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33745595337     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.996     Document Type: Article

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