Commentary: Magnetic field exposure and childhood leukaemia - Moving the research agenda forward

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 407-408

  Röösli, Martin ^a   Künzli, Nino ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 33645804619     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl033     Document Type: Note

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