Document ID (ISN) | 76623 |
CIS number |
01-859 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0271-3586 - American Journal of Industrial Medicine |
Year |
2000 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Savitz D.A., Cai J., van Wijngaarden E., Loomis D., Mihlan G., Dufort V., Kleckner R.C., Nylander-French L., Kromhout H., Zhou H. |
Title |
Case-cohort analysis of brain cancer and leukemia in electric utility workers using a refined magnetic field job-exposure matrix |
Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2000, Vol.38, No.4, p.417-425. Illus. 30 ref. |
Abstract |
This study is based on data from a completed cohort study on the association between occupational electric and magnetic field exposure and cancer. The 164 men who died of leukaemia, 145 men who died of brain cancer and a random sub-cohort of 800 men were selected from the original cohort. Job groups were subdivided based on differences in work environments or tasks performed. Magnetic field exposure remained unrelated to leukaemia mortality and positively associated with brain cancer mortality based on both cumulative and average magnetic field indices. An increased risk of brain cancer was found in relation to career exposure, with risk ratios of 1.8 and 2.5 in the uppermost categories for cumulative and average exposure, stronger for exposure 2-10 years past. |
Descriptors (primary) |
leukaemia; electric power distribution; job-exposure relation; brain cancer; mortality |
Descriptors (secondary) |
hazard evaluation; long-term study; cohort study; exposure evaluation |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Netherlands; USA |
Subject(s) |
Power generation and distribution
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system Leukaemia
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