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Risk of cervical cancer among female autoworkers exposed to metalworking fluids

Author(s) -

Nicole Betenia,

Sadie Costello,

Ellen A. Eisen

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

scandinavian journal of work environment and health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621

H-Index - 103

eISSN - 1795-990X

pISSN - 0355-3140

DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.3193

Subject(s) - cervical cancer , medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer , logistic regression , etiology , obstetrics , gynecology , cohort , standardized mortality ratio , cohort study , oncology , physics , optics

Cervical cancer is caused by human papilloma virus (HPV). However, only a small proportion ofwomen infected with HPV, progress to cervical cancer. Other co-factors must therefore be necessary to cause cervicalcancer. We examined cervical cancer in relation to occupational exposure to metalworking fluids (MWF), which arecomplex mixtures containing several known carcinogens.

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