Endometrial cancer incidence in relation to electric blanket use

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 262-267

  McElroy, Jane A ^a,b   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,c   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^a,d   Hampton, John M ^a   Kanarek, Marty S ^b,d   Remington, Patrick L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Electromagnetic fields; Endometrial neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BED; BODY MASS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036682261     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf020     Document Type: Article

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