Application of the case-specular method to two studies of wire codes and childhood cancers

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-404

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Zaffanella, Luciano E ^b   Greenland, Sander ^c  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Enertech Consultants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Childhood cancer; Childhood leukemia; Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiologic methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033063271     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00010     Document Type: Article

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