Breast cancer risk in relation to occupations with exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors: A Canadian case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Brophy, James T ^a,b   Keith, Margaret M ^a,b   Watterson, Andrew ^a   Park, Robert ^c   Gilbertson, Michael ^a   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^b   Beck, Matthias ^d   Abu Zahra, Hakam ^e   Schneider, Kenneth ^e   Reinhartz, Abraham ^f   Dematteo, Robert ^f   Luginaah, Isaac ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Centre Regional De Cancerologie De Windsor   (Canada)

^f Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Breast cancer; Canning; Carcinogen; Casino; Endocrine disruptor; Metals; Occupational; Plastics

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PLASTIC;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TUMOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PLASTICS;

CANADA;

EID: 84871788061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-87     Document Type: Article

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