A case-control study of childhood leukemia in southern Ontario, Canada, and exposure to magnetic fields in residences

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-170

  Green, Lois M ^a   Miller, Anthony B ^a   Villeneuve, Paul J ^a   Agnew, David A ^b   Greenberg, Mark L ^c   Li, Jiehui ^a   Donnelly, Keith E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO HYDRO TECHNOLOGIES   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032975281     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990719)82:2<161::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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