Cancer incidence near radio and television transmitters in Great Britain. I. Sutton Coldfield transmitter

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Dolk, Helen ^a   Shaddick, Gavin ^a   Walls, Peter ^a   Grundy, Chris ^a   Thakrar, Bharat ^a   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Elliott, Paul ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electromagnetic fields; leukemia; neoplasms; radio waves

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CANCER INCIDENCE; DISEASE CLUSTER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; RADIO TRANSMITTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION TRANSMITTER;

UK, ENGLAND;

EID: 0031393131     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009025     Document Type: Article

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