Residential magnetic fields predicted from wiring configurations: II. Relationships to childhood leukemia

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 414-422

  Thomas, Duncan C ^a   Bowman, Joseph D ^b   Jiang, Liangzhong ^a   Jiang, Feng ^a   Peters, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; ELF magnetic fields; Measurement errors; Wire codes

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ERRORS; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIRE;

CASE-CONTROL; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL DATA; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; ODD RATIOS; WIRE CODE;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION RESPONSE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LOS ANGELES; MAGNETICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POWER PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033208642     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199910)20:7<414::AID-BEM2>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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