Potential health impacts of residential exposures to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in Europe

Environment International

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-63

  Grellier, James ^a,b   Ravazzani, Paolo ^c   Cardis, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Childhood leukaemia; Electromagnetic fields; Low frequency; Magnetic fields; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; LOW FREQUENCY; MIXTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTIONS; PROBABILISTIC SIMULATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CANCER; CHILD HEALTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84886305667     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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