Estimating exposure in studies of residential magnetic fields and cancer: Importance of short-term variability, time interval between diagnosis and measurement, and distance to power line

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 220-224

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Kaune, William T ^b   Savitz, David A ^c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood leukemia; electromagnetic fields; exposure assessment; time related factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 0029874307     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199605000-00001     Document Type: Article

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