Occupational and residential magnetic field exposure and breast cancer in females

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-29

  Forssén, Ulla M ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^b   Floderus, Birgitta ^a,c   Ahlbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Case control study; Electromagnetic fields; Environmental exposures; Gender; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033989915     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200001000-00007     Document Type: Article

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