Study of High- and Low- Current-Configuration Homes from the 1988 Denver Childhood Cancer Study

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 177-188

  Kaune, W T ^a   Dovan, T ^b   Kavet, R I ^c   Savitz, D A ^d   Neutra, R R ^e  

^a SPI Powemet ^*  (United States)

^b SPI Powemet   (Australia)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

180 Hz; 60 Hz; Copper; Harmonic; Magnefic fields; Resonance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER QUALITY;

180 HZ; 60 HZ; CHILDHOOD CANCERS; CONFIGURATION CONTROL; CURRENT CONFIGURATION; HARMONIC; HIGH CURRENTS; LOW CURRENTS; MAGNEFIC FIELD; MAGNETIC-FIELD;

WIRE;

COPPER; TAP WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; HOME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; PIPELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RISK; SANITATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COLORADO; COPPER; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

EID: 0036550055     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10001     Document Type: Article

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