Residential magnetic fields as a risk factor for childhood acute leukaemia: Results from a German population-based case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 728-735

  Schüz, Joachim ^a   Grigat, Jan Peter ^a,b   Brinkmann, Karl ^a   Michaelis, Jörg ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Childhood cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Environmental exposures; Epidemiology; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035283743     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(200002)9999:9999<::AID-IJC1097>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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