Morbidity experience in populations residentially exposed to 50 Hz magnetic: Fields methodology and preliminary findings of a cohort study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-142

  Fazzo, Lucia ^a   Tancioni, Valeria ^b   Polichetti, Alessandro ^a   Iavarone, Ivano ^a   Vanacore, Nicola ^a   Papini, Paolo ^b   Farchi, Sara ^b   Bruno, Caterina ^a   Pasetto, Roberto ^a   Borgia, Piero ^b   Comba, Pietro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Public Health Agency of Regione Lazio   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASM; URBAN POPULATION;

COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67651018439     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.2.133     Document Type: Article

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