Occupational magnetic field exposure and myocardial infarction incidence

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-408

  Ahlbom, Anders ^a,b   Feychting, Maria ^a   Gustavsson, Annika ^b   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,b   Johansen, Christoffer ^c   Kheifets, Leeka ^d   Olsen, Jörgen H ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE; ACUTE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 4344593432     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000129516.92192.60     Document Type: Article

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