Correlates of residential wiring code used in studies of health effects of residential electromagnetic fields

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-474

  Bracken, Michael B ^a   Belanger, Kathleen ^a   Hellenbrand, Karen ^a   Addesso, Karen ^a   Patel, Shushma ^a   Triche, Elizabeth ^a   Leaderer, Brian P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confounding factors (epidemiology); Electromagnetic fields; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TRAFFIC;

EID: 0032168551     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009672     Document Type: Article

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