A Population-Based Cohort Study of Occupational Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-48

  Cooper, Anna R ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a   Fisher, Susan G ^a   Adams, M Jacob ^a   Yost, Michael G ^b   Bowman, Joseph D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular Disease; Cohort Study; Magnetic Fields; Mortality; Occupational Exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK; SMOKING; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57049143688     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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