Chemical exposures in the workplace and breast cancer risk: A prospective cohort study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1765-1774

  Ekenga, Christine C ^a   Parks, Christine G ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; chemicals; cohort studies; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ACID; ADHESIVE AGENT; CARCINOGEN; DYE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GASOLINE; GLUE; INK; LUBRICATING AGENT; METAL; PAINT; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERTO RICAN; SELF REPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964698497     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29545     Document Type: Article

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