Exposure to power-frequency magnetic fields and the risk of childhood cancer

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9194, 1999, Pages 1925-1931

  Day, N ^a   Skinner, J ^a   Roman, E ^a   Allen, S G ^a   Maslanyj, M P ^a   Mee, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033524146     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)10074-6     Document Type: Article

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