Occupational cancer in Britain: Female cancers: Breast, cervix and ovary

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S27-S32

  Slack, Rebecca ^a   Young, Charlotte ^b   Rushton, Lesley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast; Cervical; Occupation; Ovarian

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT WORK; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862637825     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.115     Document Type: Article

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