Occupation and breast cancer: A Canadian case-control study

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 765-777

  Brophy, James T ^a,b,c,h   Keith, Margaret M ^a,b,c   Gorey, Kevin M ^c   Luginaah, Isaac ^d   Laukkanen, Ethan ^e   Hellyer, Deborah ^a   Reinhartz, Abraham ^a   Watterson, Andrew ^b   Abu Zahra, Hakam ^f   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^c   Schneider, Kenneth ^f   Beck, Matthias ^g   Gilbertson, Michael ^b  

^a Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Prince Edward Island Cancer Treatment Centre   (Canada)

^f Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Canada; Environment; Farming; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; WORK;

EID: 33845611535     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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