Radio-frequency radiation exposure from AM radio transmitters and childhood leukemia and brain cancer

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 270-279

  Ha, Mina ^a,f   Im, Hyoungjune ^b   Lee, Mihye ^c   Kim, Hyun Joo ^a   Kim, Byung Chan ^d   Gimm, Yoon Myoung ^a   Pack, Jeong Ki ^e  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^e Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^f Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Child; Environmental exposure; Leukemia; Radiation; Radio

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; BRAIN; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; HEALTH RISK; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIO WAVES; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 34547677631     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm083     Document Type: Article

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