Childhood exposure to magnetic fields: Residential area measurements compared to personal dosimetry

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Friedman, Dana R ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Tarone, Robert ^a   Kaune, William T ^b   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a   Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Boice Jr , John D ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

Author keywords

children; data collection; electromagnetic fields; environmental monitoring; epidemiologic measurements

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

EID: 0030049508     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00008     Document Type: Article

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