Magnetic fields exposure and childhood leukemia risk: A meta-analysis based on 11,699 cases and 13,194 controls

Leukemia Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 269-274

  Zhao, Longyu ^a   Liu, Xiaodong ^b   Wang, Chunpeng ^c   Yan, Kangkang ^a   Lin, Xuejun ^a   Li, Shuang ^a   Bao, Honghong ^a   Liu, Xin ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Center for Radiological Research   (China)

^c NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Childhood; Leukemia; Magnetic field; Meta analysis; Risk

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; META-ANALYSIS; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 84894235083     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: 18735835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2013.12.008     Document Type: Review

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