Cancer incidence near radio and television transmitters in Great Britain. II. All high power transmitters

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 10-17

  Dolk, Helen ^a   Elliott, Paul ^b   Shaddick, Gavin ^a   Walls, Peter ^a   Thakrar, Bharat ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electromagnetic fields; leukemia; neoplasms; radio waves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER INCIDENCE; DISEASE CLUSTER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RADIO TRANSMITTERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION TRANSMITTER;

UK;

EID: 0030609487     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009026     Document Type: Article

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