Exposure to electromagnetic fields and suicide among electric utility workers: A nested case-control study

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 94-100

  Van Wijngaarde, E ^a   Savitz, D A ^a   Kleckner, R C ^a   Cai, J ^a   Loomis, D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033844839     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.173.2.94     Document Type: Review

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