Elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease among workers with likely electromagnetic field exposure

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1477-1481

  Sobel, E ^a   Dunn, M ^a   Davanipour, Z ^a   Qian, Z ^a   Chui, H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029753269     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.6.1477     Document Type: Article

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