The determinants of canadian children's personal exposures to magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-169

  Armstrong, Ben G ^a,b   Deadman, Jan ^b   McBride, Mary L ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Prediction model; Regression; Residential exposure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCOME; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH EFFECTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PREDICTION MODELLING; REGRESSION; RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE; SPOT MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0035316369     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.34     Document Type: Article

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