Electrical wiring configurations and childhood cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1979, Pages 273-284

  Wertheimer, Nancy ^a   Leeper, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electricity; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILDHOOD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEUKEMIA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LYMPHOMA; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORADO; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; NEOPLASMS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0018686564     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112681     Document Type: Article

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