Residential exposure to electric power transmission lines and risk of lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative disorders: A case-control study

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 614-619

  Lowenthal, R M ^a   Tuck, D M ^a   Bray, I C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field; Epidemiology; Leukaemia; Multiple myeloma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547873504     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01389.x     Document Type: Article

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