Occupational exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and cardiovascular disease mortality in a prospective cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 402-407

  Koeman, Tom ^a   Slottje, Pauline ^a   Kromhout, Hans ^a   Schouten, Leo J ^b   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^c   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^b   Vermeulen, Roel ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879481725     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100889     Document Type: Article

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