Acute childhood leukemias and exposure to magnetic fields generated by high voltage overhead power lines-a risk factor in Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-72

  Feizi, Abbas Ali H Pour ^a   Arabi, MA Ahmad ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acute leukaemia; Children; Extremely low frequency; High voltage power lines; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; IRAN; LEUKEMIA; POWER SUPPLY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; IRAN; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34547774229     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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