Electric blanket or mattress cover use and breast cancer incidence in women 50-79 years of age

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 613-617

  McElroy, Jane A ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b   Remington, Patrick L ^a   Egan, Kathleen M ^c   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^d   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a   Hampton, John M ^a   Baron, John A ^d   Stampfer, Meir J ^c,e   Willett, Walter C ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Case control study; Electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC BLANKET; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PINEAL GLAND; POSTMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035215013     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200111000-00006     Document Type: Article

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