Population-based case-control study of occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and breast cancer

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 297-303

  Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Nylander French, Leena A ^a   Millikan, Robert C ^a   Savitz, David A ^a   Loomis, Dana ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Electromagnetic fields; Female breast cancer; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLIMACTERIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034984777     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00209-5     Document Type: Article

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