Electromagnetic field exposures and childhood cancers in New Zealand

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-309

  Dockerty, John D ^a   Elwood, J Mark ^a   Skegg, David C G ^a   Herbison, G Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Childhood cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031820517     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008825220759     Document Type: Article

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