Risk of hematological malignancies associated with magnetic fields exposure from power lines: A case-control study in two municipalities of northern Italy

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Malagoli, Carlotta ^a   Fabbi, Sara ^a   Teggi, Sergio ^a   Calzari, Mariagiulia ^b   Poli, Maurizio ^c   Ballotti, Elena ^c   Notari, Barbara ^d   Bruni, Maurizio ^d   Palazzi, Giovanni ^a   Paolucci, Paolo ^a   Vinceti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b PATHOLOGY UNIT   (Italy)

^c Section of Reggio Emilia   (Italy)

^d ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMATOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; POWER LINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ABT LETTERER SIWE DISEASE; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RETICULOSARCOMA; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; BLOOD DISEASE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; MODENA; REGGIO NELL'EMILIA;

EMILIA;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950415441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-16     Document Type: Article

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