Occupational exposures to engine exhausts and other PAHs and breast cancer risk: A population-based case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 437-444

  Rai, Rajni ^a   Glass, Deborah C ^b   Heyworth, Jane S ^c   Saunders, Christobel ^c   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control; Diesel exhaust; Vehicle exhaust

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREMENOPAUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PREMENOPAUSE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84963964045     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22592     Document Type: Article

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