Occupational risk factors for endometrial cancer among textile workers in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 673-679

  Wernli, Karen J ^a,b   Ray, Roberta M ^a   Dao, Li Gao ^c   Fitzgibbons, E Dawn ^a   Camp, Janice E ^b   Astrakianakis, George ^b   Seixas, Noah ^b   Li, Wenjin ^a,b   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^a,b   Feng, Ziding ^b   Thomas, David B ^a,b   Checkoway, Harvey ^b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Occupation; Silica; Silk; Textile

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RANDOM SAMPLE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; DUST; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SILK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 49649098864     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20614     Document Type: Article

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