Maternal occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and the risk of brain cancer in the offspring

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 945-955

  Li, Peizhi ^a   McLaughlin, John ^b,c,d   Infante Rivard, Claire ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Childhood neoplasms; Electromagnetic fields; Maternal exposure; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAIN TUMOR; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68849117406     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9311-5     Document Type: Article

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