Female breast cancer and electrical manufacturing: Results of a nested case-control study

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 369-378

  Oddone, Enrico ^a   Edefonti, Valeria ^b   Scaburri, Alessandra ^c   Vai, Tiziana ^d   Bai, Edoardo ^c   Modonesi, Carlo ^c   Crosignani, Paolo ^a   Imbriani, Marcello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Foundation IRCCS Istituto dei Tumori Cancer Registry and Environmental Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^d Local Health Unit 4   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Electrical manufacturing; OCCAM project; Occupational exposures; Solvents

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908879481     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.14-0034-OA     Document Type: Article

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