The relative merits of contemporary measurements and historical calculated fields in the Swedish childhood cancer study

Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 353-356

  Jaffa, Kent C ^a   Han, Kim ^b   Aldrich, Tim E ^c  

^a PACIFICORP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Childhood leukemia; Dilution effect; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment; Historical controls; Spot measurements; Time related factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0342424215     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200005000-00024     Document Type: Article

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