Quantification of lifetime accumulated ELF-EMF exposure from household appliances in the context of a retrospective epidemiological case-control study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-153

  Behrens, Thomas ^a,b   Terschüren, Claudia ^a,d   Kaune, William T ^c   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c EM Factors   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric appliances; ELF EMF; Exposure quantification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1942420289     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500305     Document Type: Article

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