Occupational exposure to low frequency magnetic fields and dementia: A case-control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Seidler, Andreas ^a   Geller, Petra ^b   Nienhaus, Albert ^c   Bernhardt, Tanja ^d   Ruppe, Ingeburg ^a   Eggert, Siegfried ^a   Hietanen, Maila ^e   Kauppinen, Timo ^e   Frölich, Lutz ^d  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 33846951854     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024190     Document Type: Article

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