Disaggregating data on Asian American and Pacific Islander women to provide new insights on potential exposures to hazardous air pollutants in California

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2218-2228

  Quach, Thu ^a,b   Liu, Ruiling ^a   Nelson, David O ^a,b   Hurley, Susan ^a   Von Behren, Julie ^a   Hertz, Andrew ^a   Reynolds, Peggy ^a,b  

^a Cancer Prevention Institute of California   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXPOSURE POTENTIAL INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMARY GLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDER; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; LANGUAGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CENSUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84920178312     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-14-0468     Document Type: Article

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