Comment concerning "Childhood leukemia and residential magnetic fields: Are pooled analyses more valid than the original studies?" (Bioelectromagnetics 27:1-7 [2006])

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 674-675

  Kheifets, Leeka ^a,c   Menzei, Gabor ^b   Greenland, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ELECTROMAGNETICS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC-FIELD;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; POOLED ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33845277838     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20257     Document Type: Note

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