Identifying gender differences in reported occupational information from three US population-based case-control studies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 855-864

  Locke, Sarah J ^a   Colt, Joanne S ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^b   Armenti, Karla R ^c   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Cerhan, James R ^d   Chow, Wong Ho ^e   Cozen, Wendy ^f   Davis, Faith ^g   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^h   Hartge, Patricia ^a   Karagas, Margaret R ⁱ   Johnson, Alison ^j   Purdue, Mark P ^a   Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Schwartz, Kendra ^k   Schwenn, Molly ^l   Severson, Richard ^k   Silverman, Debra T ^a   Friesen, Melissa C ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LLC   (United States)

^c NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^k WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l Maine Cancer Registry   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSEMBLY WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; JANITOR; MACHINIST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKER; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OCCUPATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908616016     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101801     Document Type: Article

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