Temporal and other exposure aspects of residential magnetic fields measurement in relation to acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in children: The national cancer institute/children's cancer group study

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Baris, D ^a   Linet, M ^a   Auvinen, A ^b   Kaune, W T ^c   Wacholder, S ^a   Kleinerman, R ^a   Hatch, E ^a   Robison, L ^d,e   Niwa, S ^f   Haines, C ^f   Tarone, R E ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c EM Factors   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^f WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT;

EID: 13044283426     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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