Exposure to electrical contact currents and the risk of childhood leukemia

Radiation Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-396

  Does, Monique ^a   Scélo, Ghislaine ^a,b   Metayer, Catherine ^a   Selvin, Steve ^a   Kavet, Robert ^c   Buffler, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL CONTACT CURRENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETICS; MALE; RISK;

EID: 79952153651     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR2357.1     Document Type: Article

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