Combined risk estimates for two German population-based case-control studies on residential magnetic fields and childhood acute leukemia

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 92-94

  Michaelis, Jörg ^a   Schüz, Joachim ^a   Meinert, Rolf ^a   Zemann, Egon ^d   Grigat, Jan Peter ^d   Kaatsch, Peter ^a   Kaletsch, Uwe ^a   Miesner, Anke ^a   Brinkmann, Karl ^d   Kalkner, Wilfried ^b   Kärner, Hermann ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz ^*

Author keywords

Case control study; Child; Electromagnetic fields; Germany; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0031975998     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00018     Document Type: Article

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