Occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and mortality from cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 534-542

  Håkansson, Niclas ^a,b   Gustavsson, Per ^a,c   Sastre, Antonio ^d   Floderus, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Public Transport   (Sweden)

^d MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Electromagnetic fields; Myocardial infarction; Occupations

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW FREQUENCY NOISE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; SYNERGY INDEX; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0041834526     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg197     Document Type: Article

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