Are work-related stressors associated with diagnosis of more advanced stages of incident breast cancers?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-303

  Nielsen, Naja Rod ^a,b   Stahlberg, Claudia ^c   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^a   Kristensen, Tage S ^d   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^b   Hundrup, Yrsa Andersen ^a   Grønbæk, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Prognosis; Prospective studies; Psychological stress; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; WORK CAPACITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK;

EID: 40949162464     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9092-7     Document Type: Article

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