| Document ID (ISN) | 39875 |
| CIS number |
83-1067 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0028-4793 - New England Journal of Medicine |
| Year |
1982 |
| Convention or series no. |
|
| Author(s) |
Milham S. |
| Title |
Mortality from leukemia in workers exposed to electrical and magnetic fields |
| Bibliographic information |
22 July 1982, Vol.307, No.4, p.249. 1 ref. |
| Abstract |
438,000 deaths were analysed. The proportionate mortality ratio for leukaemia was elevated in 10 of 11 occupations with presumed exposure to electrical or magnetic fields, especially television and radio repairmen, power station operators, aluminium workers, radio and telegraph operators, linemen, and electricians. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
leukaemia; mortality; electromagnetic fields; electric fields |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
USA; statistical evaluation; survey |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Leukaemia
Electromagnetic fields
Electricity
|
