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Document ID (ISN)40368
CIS number 83-1304
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1982
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Wright W.E., Peters J.M., Mack T.M.
Title Leukaemia in workers exposed to electrical and magnetic fields
Bibliographic information 20 Nov. 1982, Vol.2, No.8308, p.1160-1161. 6 ref.
Abstract The Cancer Surveillance Programme, a population-based registry that collects information on incidence cases of cancer in Los Angeles county (USA), was reviewed for leukaemia cases in men who were listed as having jobs with exposure to electric or magnetic fields. For white males between 1972 and 1979 there was a trend towards increased proportional incidence ratios for all leukemias, and the risk was greatest for acute myelogenous leukaemia. The excess risk was significant for power and telephone linemen. Other shared exposures in these occupational groups may also contribute to this risk.
Descriptors (primary) leukaemia; magnetic fields; overhead electric lines; electric fields
Descriptors (secondary) electric power distribution; acute leukaemia; telephone communications; exposure evaluation; myelogenous leukaemia
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Leukaemia
Electromagnetic fields
Electricity