Open AccessRisk 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.