Mortality from Cardiovascular Disease in Relation to Magnetic Field Exposure: Findings from a Study of UK Electricity Generation and Transmission Workers, 1973-1997

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-102

  Sorahan, Tom ^a,b   Nichols, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Occupational Epidemiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Cohort mortality study; Electricity generation and transmission; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWER PLANTS; WALES;

EID: 0346059680     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10314     Document Type: Article

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