Occupational and residential exposure to electromagnetic fields and risk of brain tumors in adults: A case-control study in Gironde, France

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1477-1484

  Baldi, Isabelle ^a,b   Coureau, Gaëlle ^b   Jaffré, Anne ^c   Gruber, Anne ^a   Ducamp, Stéphane ^a   Provost, Dorothée ^a   Lebailly, Pierre ^d   Vital, Anne ^e   Loiseau, Hugues ^f   Salamon, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUT BERGONIÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^e BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

brain neoplasms; electromagnetic fields; meningioma; occupational exposure; residential exposure

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; SEX; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79960915414     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25765     Document Type: Article

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