Occupational electromagnetic fields and leukemia and brain cancer: An update to two meta-analyses

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 677-688

  Kheifets, Leeka ^a   Monroe, Jason ^a   Vergara, Ximena ^a   Mezei, Gabor ^b   Afifi, Abdelmonem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; BRAIN TUMOR; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 58949093500     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181757a27     Document Type: Article

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