Invited commentary: Electromagnetic fields and cancer in railway workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 836-838

  Savitz, D A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Environmental monitoring; Leukemia; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; REVIEW;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RAILROADS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035341068     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.9.836     Document Type: Review

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