Increased risk of cancer in the offspring of female electronics workers

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-119

  Sung, Tzu I ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,b   Chen, Pau Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Children; Education; Electronics; Leukemia; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONICS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROGENY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 37349037881     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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