ArticleInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2020
Investigating the risk of breast cancer among women exposed to chemicals: a nested case-control study using improved exposure estimates.
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- Olive Oil Polyphenols: A Promising Approach for Cancer Prevention and Therapy.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Current trends in breast cancer genetics, risk factors, and screening strategies.Journal of biological methods · 2025Review
- Exposure to outdoor ambient air toxics and risk of breast cancer: The multiethnic cohort.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2024Article
- Contributions of Synthetic Chemicals to Autoimmune Disease Development and Occurrence.Current environmental health reports · 2024Review
- Occupational Factors and Socioeconomic Differences in Breast Cancer Risk and Stage at Diagnosis in Swiss Working Women.Cancers · 2022Article
- Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Brief Review About Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Signaling Pathways, Treatment and Role of Artificial Intelligence.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2022Review
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- Breast cancer among Danish women occupationally exposed to diesel exhaust and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 1964-2016.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2021Article
- Chemical risk and safety awareness, perception, and practices among research laboratories workers in Italy.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to examine if exposures to chemicals at the workplace were associated with an increased risk of postmenopausal breast cancer, using improved exposure estimates.
methodsThe design is a case-control study, nested within a cohort of women from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study. The study comprised 2400 women, 731 cases and 1669 matched controls, born 1923-1950 and living in Malmö, Sweden between 1991 and 1996. An occupational hygienist reclassified the probability for exposure given by a job-exposure matrix, using individual data on work tasks. First-time diagnoses of invasive breast cancer were identified through the Swedish Cancer Registry.
resultsWomen exposed to chemicals in their occupational environment had a statistically significantly increased risk (OR 1.59, 95% CI 1.11-2.29) of breast cancer, and the risk correlated positively with duration of exposure but not with exposure intensity. Women exposed to chlorinated hydrocarbon solvents for more than 10 years had a significant higher risk of breast cancer (OR 3.06, 95% CI 1.18-7.96) as well as women exposed to oil mist for more than 10 years (OR 3.08, 95% CI 1.12-8.49).
conclusionsThis study gives some support to the hypothesis that exposure to organic solvents as well as oil mist is associated with increased risk of breast cancer.
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