Increased standardized incidence ratio of breast cancer in female electronics workers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sung, Tzu I ^a   Chen, Pau Chung ^a   Jyuhn Hsiarn Lee, Lukas ^b   Lin, Yi Ping ^a   Hsieh, Gong Yih ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHLORINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN; WORKER; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTRONICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 34447107458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-102     Document Type: Article

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