A new electromagnetic exposure metric: High frequency voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a California school

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 579-586

  Milham, Samuel ^a,b   Morgan, L Lloyd ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Carcinogen; Dirty power; Electricity; High frequency voltage transients; School teachers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE SCHOOL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CANCER;

CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 47949119557     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20598     Document Type: Article

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