Residential exposure to magnetic fields: An empirical examination of alternative measurement strategies

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 562-566

  Baris, Dalsu ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a   Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Kaune, William T ^b   Robison, Leslie L ^c   Lubin, Jay ^a   Wacholder, Sholom ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imputations; Magnetic field; Missing data; Residential exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032774256     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.8.562     Document Type: Article

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