Study design for a case-control investigation of cellular telephones and other risk factors for brain tumours in adults

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-52

  Inskip, P D ^a   Hatch, E E ^a   Stewart, P A ^a   Heineman, E F ^a   Ziegler, R G ^a   Dosemeci, M ^a   Parry, D ^a   Rothman, N ^a   Boice Jr , J D ^a,f,g   Wilcosky, T C ^b   Watson, D J ^b,f,g   Shapiro, W R ^c   Selker, R G ^d   Fine, H A ^e   Black, P McL ^e   Loeffler, J S ^e   Linet, M S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0032877752     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032924     Document Type: Article

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