Electric Blanket Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Younger Women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-563

  Gammon, Marilie D ^a   Schoenberg, Janet B ^b   Britton, Julie A ^a   Kelsey, Jennifer L ^c   Stanford, Janet L ^d   Malone, Kathleen E ^d   Coates, Ralph J ^e   Brogan, Donna J ^f   Potischman, Nancy ^g   Swanson, Christine A ^g   Brinton, Louise A ^g  

^a Columbia School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b Applied Cancer Epidemiology Program   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding and linens; Breast neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Receptors, estrogen; Receptors, progesterone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BEDDING AND LINENS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; ODDS RATIO; RISK; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032529969     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009681     Document Type: Article

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