Occupational exposure to magnetic fields in relation to mortality from brain cancer among electricity generation and transmission workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Harrington, J M ^a   McBride, D I ^a   Sorahan, T ^a   Paddle, G M ^a   Van Tongeren, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brain cancer; electrical workers; electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031053679     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.1.7     Document Type: Article

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