在韩国女性工人中,与子宫内膜异位症相关的职业特征和风险因素

Seunghyun Lee1, Seung-Yeon Lee2, Wanhyung Lee3

  • 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon, Republic of Korea.

PloS one
|October 5, 2023
PubMed
概括

老年女性工人和低体重指数 (BMI) 的女性,子宫内膜异位症的风险更高. 特定职业,包括金融,公共管理和制造业,显示子宫内膜异位症风险增加,强调需要职业健康指导方针.

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