Electric blanket use and breast cancer on Long Island

Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 514-520

  Kabat, Geoffrey C ^a   O'Leary, Erin S ^a,e   Schoenfeld, Elinor Randi ^a   Greene, Judith M ^a   Grimson, Roger ^a   Henderson, Kevin ^a   Kaune, William T ^b   Gammon, Marilie D ^c   Britton, Julie A ^d   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^d   Neugut, Alfred I ^a   Leske, M Cristina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Electric blankets; Environmental carcinogens; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC APPLIANCE; ELECTRIC BLANKET; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; BED; BREAST TUMOR; MENOPAUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; BEDDING AND LINENS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; NEW YORK; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0642365964     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000082047.13618.6b     Document Type: Article

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