Residential exposure to overhead high-voltage lines and the risk of testicular cancer: Results of a population-based case-control study in Hamburg (Germany)

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 20-26

  Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^a,b   Schümann, Michael ^c   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^d   Bromen, Katja ^e   Stang, Andreas ^e   Jahn, Ingeborg ^d   Stegmaier, Christa ^f   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^e  

^a Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

^b Ministry of Health   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^f SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Electromagnetic fields; EMF; Overhead high voltage lines; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 15344338540     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0550-1     Document Type: Article

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