Identifying occupational risk factors for cancer in women: a need for further action
Friesen, Melissa C. ; Beane Freeman, Laura E.
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
2023
80
9
522–523
women workers ; occupational risks ; cancer ; occupation disease relation
Occupational risks
https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2023-108948
English
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"The limited representation of women in occupational cancer research studies has been recognised for decades. Unfortunately, this remains true today for many cancer sites and workplace exposures despite the fact that in 2021 women made up 40% of the global workforce, with percentages in some countries much higher. The proportion of women varies by industry sector. For example, in the USA in 2020 women represented 75% of the healthcare sector and 30% of the manufacturing sector. As a result, women may differ from men in both the prevalence and magnitude of workplace exposures ..."
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