Occupation and breast cancer risk among Shanghai women in a population-based cohort study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 100-110

  Ji, Bu Tian ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^b   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Hauptmann, Michael ^a,d   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Yang, Gong ^b   Lubin, Jay ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^c   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Zheng, Wei ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Occupations; Shanghai China; Shanghai women health study (SWHS)

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARKETING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PURCHASING; TEACHER; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 38549136120     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20507     Document Type: Article

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