Occupational and residential magnetic field exposure and leukemia and central nervous system tumors

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 384-389

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Forssén, Ulla ^a   Floderus, Birgitta ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central nervous system neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTROCYTOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030971345     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199707000-00006     Document Type: Article

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