Childhood leukaemia close to high-voltage power lines - The Geocap study, 2002-2007

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1899-1906

  Sermage Faure, C ^a,b   Demoury, C ^a,b   Rudant, J ^a,b,c   Goujon Bellec, S ^a,b,c   Guyot Goubin, A ^a,b,c   Deschamps, F ^d   Hemon, D ^a,b   Clavel, J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c French National Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies (NRCH)   (France)

^d Coeur Défense ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Case control; Childhood leukaemia; Epidemiology; High voltage overhead power lines; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POWER SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84878579697     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.128     Document Type: Article

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