Postmenopausal breast cancer and occupational exposures

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Labrèche, France ^a,b   Goldberg, Mark S ^c,d   Valois, Marie France ^c   Nadon, Louise ^e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INK; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYESTER; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; NYLON FIBER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYON FIBER; TEXTILE FIBER; TIME PERCEPTION; WOOL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77950574843     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.049817     Document Type: Article

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