Occupational exposure to 60-hertz magnetic fields and risk of breast cancer in women

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 459-464

  Coogan, Patricia F ^a   Clapp, Richard W ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^b   Wenzl, Thurman B ^c   Bogdan, Greg ^d   Mittendorf, Robert ^e   Baron, John A ^f   Longnecker, Matthew P ^g  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; case control studies; electromagnetic fields; menopause; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029798667     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199609000-00002     Document Type: Article

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