Z01 CP010123 (Z01) | |||
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Title | Occupational and Environmental Determinants of Cancer among Women and Minorities | ||
Institution | NCI, Bethesda, MD | ||
Principal Investigator | Chow | NCI Program Director | N/A |
Cancer Activity | N/A | Division | DCEG |
Funded Amount | $753,217 | Project Dates | 05/01/1997 - N/A |
Fiscal Year | 2007 | Project Type | Intramural |
Research Topics w/ Percent Relevance | Cancer Types w/ Percent Relevance | ||
Alcoholism Research (2.958%) Autoimmune Diseases (0.246%) Behavioral and Social Science (9.04%) Biochemical Epidemiology (90.424%) Digestive Diseases (18.08%) Helicobacter Pylori (9.04%) Pesticides (9.04%) |
Breast (27.945%) Colon/Rectum (27.119%) Lung (19.797%) Multiple Myeloma (2.462%) Non Hodgkins lymphoma (4.152%) Stomach (18.08%) |
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Research Type | |||
Exogenous Factors in the Origin and Cause of Cancer Interactions of Genes and/or Genetic Polymorphisms with Exogenous and/or Endogenous Factors |
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Abstract | |||
Traditionally, occupational research has focused primarily on white men, even though women comprise 46% of the U.S. civilian workforce, and minorities are often employed in jobs with hazardous exposures. The OEEB has undertaken a number of epidemiologic |