Case-control study of occupational exposure to electric shocks and magnetic fields and mortality from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the US, 1991-1999

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 65-71

  Vergara, Ximena ^a   Mezei, Gabor ^a   Kheifets, Leeka ^b  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric occupations; Electric shocks; Magnetic fields; Motor neuron disease; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927176286     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.39     Document Type: Article

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