Case-cohort analysis of brain cancer and leukemia in electric utility workers using a refined magnetic field job-exposure matrix

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-425

  Savitz, David A ^a   Cai, Jianwen ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Loomis, Dana ^a   Mihlan, Gary ^b   Dufort, Vincent ^a   Kleckner, Robert C ^a   Nylander French, Leena ^b   Kromhout, Hans ^c   Zhou, Haibo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033851321     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200010)38:4<417::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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