Occupational magnetic field exposure, cardiovascular disease mortality, and potential confounding by smoking

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 622-629

  Mezei, Gabor ^a   Cher, Daniel ^b   Kelsh, Michael ^b   Edinboro, Charlotte ^b   Chapman, Pamela ^b   Kavet, Robert ^a  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Disease; Electromagnetic Fields; Myocardial Infarction; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 33644614151     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.12.013     Document Type: Article

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