A Population-Based Cohort Study of Occupational Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

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• Personal Author:
  Adams MJ ; Bowman, Joseph D. ; Cooper AR ; Fisher SG ; Van Wijngaarden E ; Yost MG
• Description:
  Purpose: This cohort study aims to examine cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality risks among workers in occupations potentially exposed to magnetic fields (MF). Methods: Risks for major CVD mortality by potential job-related MF exposure were examined in a sample of U.S. workers from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study using multivariate proportional hazards models. Results: After adjustment for demographic factors, there were no significant excess risks between individuals with medium (0.15 to <0.20 µT), high (0.20 to <0.30 µT), or very high (=0.30 µT) exposure levels as compared with individuals with background exposure levels of MF (<0.15 µT) for the CVD mortality outcomes. Indirect adjustment for potential confounding by current smoking prevalence did not change the pattern of these results. Conclusion: Our study does not provide evidence for an association between occupational MF exposure and CVD mortality risk. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Electromagnetic Phenomena Epidemiology Magnetic Fields Mortality Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Magnetic Fields Cardiovascular-disease Cardiovascular-system-disease Cardiovascular-system-disorders Cardiovascular Disease Cohort Study Electromagnetic-energy Electromagnetic-fields Magnetic-fields Mortality-data Mortality-rates Mortality-surveys Occupational Exposure Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  1047-2797
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42-48
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034858
• Citation:
  Ann Epidemiol 2009 Jan; 19(1):42-48
• Contact Point Address:
  Edwin van Wijngaarden, PhD, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 644, Rochester, NY 14642
• Email:
  edwin_van_wijngaarden@urmc.rochester.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Annals of Epidemiology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:19626568870aaae1523d1a1aea3b03d5af8acbae1219571538d244d503491711a96abf8a281e03446f245a2be2886cbb1f5a1ed1ad78d58546de1ab84e5a03eb
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