Exposure to power frequency electric fields and the risk of childhood cancer in the UK

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1257-1266

  Skinner, J ^a   Mee, T J ^b   Blackwell, R P ^b   Maslanyj, M P ^b   Simpson, J ^c   Allen, S G ^b   Day, Nick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Electric fields; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037132395     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600602     Document Type: Article

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