Residence near power lines and mortality from neurodegenerative diseases: Longitudinal study of the Swiss population

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-175

  Huss, Anke ^a   Spoerri, Adrian ^a   Egger, Matthias ^b   Röösli, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neurodegenerative diseases; Radiation, nonionizing

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ELECTRICAL POWER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENILE DEMENTIA; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 58449127775     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn297     Document Type: Article

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