Adult cancers near high-voltage overhead power lines

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-190

  Elliott, Paul ^a   Shaddick, Gavin ^b   Douglass, Margaret ^a   De Hoogh, Kees ^a   Briggs, David J ^a   Toledano, Mireille B ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine and MRC Health Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALES;

EID: 84873406498     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31827e95b9     Document Type: Article

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