A case-control study of occupational magnetic field exposure and Alzheimer's disease: Results from the California Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Centers

BMC Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Davanipour, Zoreh ^a   Tseng, Chiu Chen ^a   Lee, Pey Jiuan ^a   Sobel, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34447331289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-7-13     Document Type: Article

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