Wire Codes, Magnetic Fields, and Childhood Cancer

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-110

  Kheifets, Leeka I ^a   Kavet, Robert ^a   Sussman, Stanley S ^a  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Misclassification; Residential exposure; Review

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CHILDHOOD CANCERS; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; INTERMITTENT FIELDS; LOW-TO-HIGH; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MEASURED FIELD; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE;

WIRE;

BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; POPULATION; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POPULATION;

EID: 0030633078     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:2<99::aid-bem2>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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