Testicular cancer and electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the workplace: Results of a population-based case-control study in Germany

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 895-902

  Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b,c   Bromen, Katja ^b   Boikat, Ute ^a   Stang, Andreas ^b   Jahn, Ingeborg ^c   Stegmaier, Christa ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a Hamburg Cancer Registry ^*  (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Electromagnetic fields; Radar; Testicular cancer; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; TESTIS CANCER; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036978143     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021999000651     Document Type: Article

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