Occupational exposure to solvents and risk of breast cancer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 915-922

  Glass, Deborah C ^a   Heyworth, Jane ^b   Thomson, Allyson K ^c   Peters, Susan ^b   Saunders, Christobel ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; OccIDEAS; Occupational exposure; Organic solvent

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGISTER; VERY ELDERLY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SOLVENTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938738457     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22478     Document Type: Article

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