Electromagnetic fields, polychlorinated biphenyls, and prostate cancer mortality in electric utility workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 683-691

  Charles, Luenda E ^a,c   Loomis, Dana ^a   Shy, Carl M ^a   Newman, Beth ^b   Millikan, Robert ^a   Nylander French, Leena A ^a   Couper, David ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Occupational exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Prostatic neoplasms

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CANCER; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PCB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037446395     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg044     Document Type: Article

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