Radiation exposure, socioeconomic status, and brain tumor risk in the US Air Force: A nested case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 480-486

  Grayson, J Kevin ^a,b  

^a Air Force Materiel Command   (United States)

^b Armstrong Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

brain neoplasms; case control studies; electromagnetic fields; military personnel; occupational exposure; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029915729     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008768     Document Type: Article

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