Occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and risk of Alzheimer's disease

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 687-694

  Qiu, Chengxuan ^a,b   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a   Karp, Anita ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Bellander, Tom ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 15744374041     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000142147.49297.9d     Document Type: Article

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