Brain cancer and leukemia and exposure to power-frequency (50- to 60- Hz) electric and magnetic fields

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-293

  Miller, Ruth Douglas ^a   Neuberger, John S ^b   Gerald, Kenneth B ^c  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Marion Merrell Dow Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031424959     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.epirev.a017958     Document Type: Article

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