Cancer risk among 43 000 Norwegian nurses

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-73

  Lie, Jenny Anne S ^a   Andersen, Aage ^a   Kjærheim, Kristina ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort study; Health care; Malignant melanoma; Occupational exposure; Radiation; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NORWAY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN CANCER; AGED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847701331     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1066     Document Type: Article

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