Childhood cancer and magnetic fields from high-voltage power lines in England and Wales: A case-control study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1122-1127

  Kroll, M E ^a   Swanson, J ^b   Vincent, T J ^a   Draper, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; childhood leukaemia; magnetic fields; power lines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RISK; WALES;

EID: 77957234432     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605795     Document Type: Article

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