Acute leukemia in electrical workers: A New Zealand case-control study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 683-689

  Bethwaite, P ^a,b   Cook, A ^b   Kennedy, J ^b   Pearce, N ^b,c  

^a Wellington Medical School   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Electrical occupations; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Occupational exposures; Welders

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELDING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, NONLYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034872460     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011297803849     Document Type: Article

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