Open AccessSelf-experienced physical workload and risk of breast cancer
Author(s) -
Pirjo E Rintala,
Eero Pukkala,
Harri Paakkulainen,
V. Vihko
Publication year - 2002
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.659
Subject(s) - demography , breast cancer , confidence interval , relative risk , poisson regression , population , medicine , social class , cancer , gerontology , sociology , political science , law
The association between the risk of breast cancer and the physical load of work was studied because physical activity may reduce breast cancer risk via hormonal mechanisms.