Leukemia attributable to residential magnetic fields: Results from analyses allowing for study biases

Risk Analysis

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 471-482

  Greenland, Sander ^a   Kheifets, Leeka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Magnetic fields; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BAYESIAN METHODS; HEALTH IMPACT; LEUKEMIA; RISK ANALYSIS;

DISEASES;

CANCER; MAGNETIC FIELD;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33645312703     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00754.x     Document Type: Article

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