Magnetic fields, leukemia, and central nervous system tumors in swedish adults residing near high-voltage power lines

Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 501-509

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control study; Central nervous system neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SWEDEN;

EID: 0028128328     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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