Adult glioma in relation to residential power frequency electromagnetic field exposures in the San Francisco Bay area

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 523-527

  Wrensch, Margaret ^a,d   Yost, Michael ^b   Miike, Rei ^a   Lee, Geraldine ^c   Touchstone, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult glioma; Brain neoplasms; Case control study; Environmental exposures; Power frequency electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032771981     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199909000-00010     Document Type: Article

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