Exposure to 50-Hz electric field and incidence of leukemia, brain tumors, and other cancers among French electric utility workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1107-1121

  Guénel, Pascal ^a   Nicolau, Javier ^a   Imbernon, Ellen ^b   Chevalier, Anne ^b   Goldberg, Marcel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

brain neoplasms; case control studies; colonic neoplasms; electromagnetic fields; leukemia; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029831556     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008889     Document Type: Article

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