A case–control study of breast cancer risk in nurses from Northeastern Ontario, Canada

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1421-1428

  Santi, Stacey A ^a   Meigs, Margaret L ^a   Zhao, Yantao ^a   Bewick, Mary A ^a   Lafrenie, Robert M ^b,c,d   Conlon, Michael S ^a,b,d  

^a Outcomes and Evaluation Research   (Canada)

^b Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada   (Canada)

^c NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^d LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Nurses nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FULLTIME EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSING; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKPLACE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84941425629     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0633-1     Document Type: Article

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