Brain cancer risk and electromagnetic fields (emfs): Assessing the geomagnetic component

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 314-319

  Aldrich, Tim E ^a   Andrews, Kurtis W ^a   Liboff, Abraham R ^b  

^a Merck Medco Managed Care   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Cancer registries; Electromagnetic fields; Emfs; Geographic information systems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOTRON; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0034819973     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890109604462     Document Type: Article

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