Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields exposure and female breast cancer risk: A meta-analysis based on 24,338 cases and 60,628 controls

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 569-576

  Chen, Chunhai ^a   Ma, Xiangyu ^a   Zhong, Min ^a   Yu, Zhengping ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields; Female breast cancer; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956187522     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0782-6     Document Type: Article

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