Magnetic fields and breast cancer in Swedish adults residing near high-voltage power lines

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 392-397

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Forssén, Ulla ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^b   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control study; Electromagnetic fields; Gender

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031860912     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199807000-00008     Document Type: Article

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