Effects of the analytical treatment of exposure data on associations of cancer and occupational magnetic field exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-56

  Loomis, Dana ^a,b   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Kleckner, Robert C ^a   Savitz, David A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiologic methods; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031866870     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199807)34:1<49::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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