Residential proximity to high-voltage power lines and risk of childhood hematological malignancies

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 118-123

  Mizoue, Tetsuya ^a   Onoe, Yasuhiro ^b   Moritake, Hiroshi ^c   Okamura, Jun ^d   Sokejima, Shigeru ^e   Nitta, Hiroshi ^f  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL MIYAZAKI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Electromagnetic fields; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 5444258659     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.14.118     Document Type: Article

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