Power frequency magnetic fields and risk of childhood leukaemia: misclassification of exposure from the use of the 'distance from power line' exposure surrogate

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-188

  Maslanyj, Myron ^a   Simpson, Jill ^b   Roman, Eve ^b   Schüz, Joachim ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; EMF; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HOUSING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD CANCERS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE METRICS; FIELD INVESTIGATION; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; POWER LINES;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GERMANY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MEASUREMENT; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 65249130631     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20465     Document Type: Article

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