Residential and occupational exposure to 50 Hz magnetic fields and malignant melanoma: A population based study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 343-347

  Tynes, T ^a,b   Klaeboe L ^b   Haldorsen, T ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; MELANOMA; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER SUPPLY; RISK; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037734205     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.5.343     Document Type: Article

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