Exposure to power frequency electric fields and the risk of childhood cancer in the UK
| Autor: | Skinner, J, Mee, TJ, Blackwell, RP, Maslanyj, MP, Simpson, J, Allen, SG, Day, NE, Cheng, KK, Gilman, E, Williams, D, Cartwright, R, Craft, A, Birch, JM, Eden, OB, McKinney, PA, Deacon, J, Peto, J, Beral, V, Roman, E, Elwood, P, Alexander, FE, Mott, M, Chilvers, CE, Muir, K, Doll, R, Taylor, CM, Greaves, M, Goodhead, D, Fry, FA, Adams, G, Law, G |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Cancer Research Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Epidemiology Childhood cancer Population Child Welfare Pilot Projects electric fields Risk Assessment Central Nervous System Neoplasms Electromagnetic Fields Neoplasms Odds Ratio Medicine childhood cancer Humans education Child education.field_of_study Leukemia business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Case-control study Infant Newborn Infant Environmental exposure Odds ratio Environmental Exposure Confidence interval United Kingdom Oncology Case-Control Studies Child Preschool leukaemia Housing Female Risk assessment business |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Cancer |
| ISSN: | 1532-1827 0007-0920 |
| Popis: | The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study, a population-based case–control study covering the whole of Great Britain, incorporated a pilot study measuring electric fields. Measurements were made in the homes of 473 children who were diagnosed with a malignant neoplasm between 1992 and 1996 and who were aged 0–14 at diagnosis, together with 453 controls matched on age, sex and geographical location. Exposure assessments comprised resultant spot measurements in the child's bedroom and the family living-room. Temporal stability of bedroom fields was investigated through continuous logging of the 48-h vertical component at the child's bedside supported by repeat spot measurements. The principal exposure metric used was the mean of the pillow and bed centre measurements. For the 273 cases and 276 controls with fully validated measures, comparing those with a measured electric field exposure ⩾20 V m−1 to those in a reference category of exposure |
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