Dementia and occupational exposure to magnetic fields

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-53

  Feychting, Maria ^a   Pedersen, Nancy L ^a,b   Svedberg, Pia ^a   Floderus, Birgitta ^a,c   Gatz, Margaret ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Case control study; Electromagnetic fields; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; HEALTH RISK; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031971061     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.277     Document Type: Article

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