Residential exposure to magnetic fields and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Linet, Martha S ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^b,c   Kaune, William T ^d   Friedman, Dana R ^a   Severson, Richard K ^b,c   Haines, Carol M ^e   Hartsock, Charleen T ^f   Niwa, Shelley ^e   Wacholder, Sholom ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EM Factors   (United States)

^e WESTAT   (United States)

^f INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 0030747320     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199707033370101     Document Type: Article

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