Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and neurodegenerative disease: A meta-analysis

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-146

  Vergara, Ximena ^d   Kheifets, Leeka ^a   Greenland, Sander ^a,b   Oksuzyan, Sona ^a   Cho, Yong Sung ^c   Mezei, Gabor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^d ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PUBLICATION BIAS;

EID: 84873924528     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31827f37f8     Document Type: Article

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