Coronary heart diseases: Assessment of risk associated with work exposure to ultralow-frequency magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 436-444

  Ptitsyna, N G ^a   Villoresi, G ^b,e   Kopytenko, Y A ^a   Kudrin, V A ^c   Tyasto, M I ^a   Kopytenko, E A ^a   Iucci, N ^d   Voronov, P M ^a   Zaitsev, D B ^a  

^a St Petersburg Dept Inst T   (Russian Federation)

^b INAF   (Italy)

^c Inst of Railroad Workers' Hygiene   (Russian Federation)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular morbidity; Electric railway locomotives; Engine drivers; Pulsed magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASES; ENGINES; GEOMAGNETISM; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEART; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORBIDITY; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; ELECTRIC MOTOR UNITS; ELECTRIC RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE; ELECTRIC RAILWAYS; ENGINE DRIVERS; MAGNETIC FIELD FLUCTUATIONS; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS; RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES; ULF MAGNETIC FIELDS;

RAILROADS;

DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAILWAY; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CORONARY DISEASE; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAILROADS; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030329487     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:6<436::aid-bem2>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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