Occupational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and risk of breast cancer

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-282

  Silver, Sharon R ^a   Whelan, Elizabeth A ^a   Deddens, James A ^a   Steenland, N Kyle ^b   Hopf, Nancy B ^c   Waters, Martha A ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Prince, Mary M ^d   Yong, Lee C ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Incidence; Occupational epidemiology; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 60749126946     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11774     Document Type: Article

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