Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Occupational Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-35

  Davanipour, Z ^a   Sobel, E ^a   Bowman, J D ^a   Qian, Z ^a   Will, A D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WIN2 Technology Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Extremely low frequency; Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE SYMPTOMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE PERIOD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODD RATIOS; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKERS';

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030639651     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:1<28::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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