Occupational electric and magnetic field exposure and leukemia: A meta- analysis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1074-1091

  Kheifets, Leeka I ^a   Afifi, Abdelmonem A ^b   Buffler, Patricia A ^c   Zhang, Zhong W ^d   Matkin, C Chantal ^e  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ELECTRIC FIELD; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030695853     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199711000-00008     Document Type: Article

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