ArticleInternational journal of cancer2015
Chemical exposures in the workplace and breast cancer risk: A prospective cohort study.
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- Occupational exposure to organic solvents and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Pooled it
- Environmental exposures and breast cancer risk in the context of underlying susceptibility: A systematic review of the epidemiological literature.Environmental research · 2020Pooled it
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- Urinary Concentrations of Endocrine-Disrupting Metals and Prevalent Breast Cancer in US Women.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Occupational Factors and Socioeconomic Differences in Breast Cancer Risk and Stage at Diagnosis in Swiss Working Women.Cancers · 2022Article
- Screening High-Risk Women Veterans for Breast Cancer.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2021Article
- Breast cancer and occupational exposures: an integrative review of the literature.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2021Review
- Occupational Chemical Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk According to Hormone Receptor Status: A Systematic Review.Cancers · 2019Review
- Blood levels of endocrine-disrupting metals and prevalent breast cancer among US women.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2019Article
- Alcohol and DNA Methylation: An Epigenome-Wide Association Study in Blood and Normal Breast Tissue.American journal of epidemiology · 2019Article
- Population insight of the relationship between lifestyle and cancer: A population-based survey.AIMS public health · 2019Article
- Occupational exposure to endocrine disrupting substances and the risk of breast Cancer: the Singapore Chinese health study.BMC public health · 2018Observational
- Chemical and Physical Exposures in the Emerging US Green-Collar Workforce.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Characteristics of women Veterans with incident breast and gynecologic cancers in the Veterans Health Administration.Women's health (London, England)Article
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Abstract
We investigated the relationship between workplace chemical exposures and breast cancer risk among women enrolled in the Sister Study, a prospective cohort study of US and Puerto Rican women. A total of 47,640 participants reported work outside of the home. Workplace exposure to eleven agents (acids, dyes or inks, gasoline or other petroleum products, glues or adhesives, lubricating oils, metals, paints, pesticides, soldering materials, solvents and stains or varnishes) was characterized based on self-reports of frequency and duration of use. Approximately 14% of the study population reported exposure to only one agent and 11% reported working with two or more of the 11 agents in their lifetime. Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated for each agent, adjusting for established breast cancer risk factors. During follow-up, 1,966 cases of breast cancer were reported. Although there were no significant associations between ever use of the eleven agents evaluated and breast cancer risk, women with cumulative exposure to gasoline or petroleum products at or above the highest quartile cutoff had an elevated risk of total (HR: 2.3, 95%CI: 1.1-4.9) and invasive (HR: 2.5, 95%CI: 1.1-5.9) breast cancer compared with women in the lowest quartile group (ptrend = 0.03). Workplace exposure to soldering materials was associated with an increased risk of premenopausal breast cancer (HR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1-3.0). Findings support the need for further studies to elucidate the role of occupational chemicals in breast cancer etiology.
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