Parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and childhood cancer: A German case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Hug, Kerstin ^a   Grize, Leticia ^a   Seidler, Andreas ^b   Kaatsch, Peter ^c   Schüz, Joachim ^d  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Maternal exposure; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Paternal exposure; Radiation, nonionizing

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERNAL EFFECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TUMOR;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72949091443     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp339     Document Type: Article

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