Cancer risks associated with occupational exposure to magnetic fields among electric utility workers in Ontario and Quebec, Canada, and France: 1970-1989

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 550-572

  Theriault G ^a   Goldberg, M ^b   Miller, A B ^c   Armstrong, B ^a   Guenel P ^b   Deadman, J ^a   Imbernon, E ^d   To, T ^c   Chevalier, A ^d   Cyr, D ^a   Wall, C ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Breast neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Neoplasms; Occupational diseases; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FRANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILM DOSIMETRY; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

CANCER INCIDENCE; ELECTRICITY WORKERS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA, ONTARIO; CANADA, QUEBEC; FRANCE;

EID: 0028159023     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a117046     Document Type: Article

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