Gynecologic and breast cancers in women after exposure to blue Asbestos at Wittenoom

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 140-147

  Reid, Alison ^a,c   Segal, Amanda ^a   Heyworth, Jane S ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a,b   Musk, Arthur W ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 58349092321     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0746     Document Type: Article

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