Do confounding or selection factors of residential wiring codes and magnetic fields distort findings of electromagnetic fields studies?

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-198

  Hatch, Elizabeth E ^a   Kleinerman, Ruth A ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^a   Kaune, William T ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^c   Wacholder, Sholom ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Childhood leukemia; Confounding; Magnetic fields; Selection bias; Wire codes

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; SELECTION BIAS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0033998796     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200003000-00019     Document Type: Article

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