Exposure to benzene and risk of breast cancer among shoe factory workers in Italy

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Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Costantini, Adele Seniori ^a,d   Gorini, Giuseppe ^a   Consonni, Dario ^b   Miligi, Lucia ^a   Giovannetti, Lucia ^a   Quinn, Margaret ^c  

^a SPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute ^*  (Italy)

^b PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^d ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Breast cancer; Shoe worker

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SHOE INDUSTRY;

EID: 63449120361     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160909500102     Document Type: Article

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