Breast cancer risk by occupation and industry: Analysis of the CECILE study, a population-based case-control study in France

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 499-509

  Villeneuve, Sara ^a,b   Févotte, Joëlle ^c   Anger, Antoinette ^a,b   Truong, Thérèse ^a,b   Lamkarkach, Farida ^a,b   Gaye, Oumar ^a,b   Kerbrat, Pierre ^d   Arveux, Patrick ^e   Miglianico, Laurent ^f   Imbernon, Ellen ^c   Guénel, Pascal ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^d CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

^e CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier Privé Saint Grégoire Rennes   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Breast cancer; Case control study; Farmers; Nurses; Occupation; Rubber and plastics product makers; Textile workers

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957837007     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20952     Document Type: Article

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