Quantification of exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) in a case-control study of brain tumor in adults in the U.S

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• Personal Author:
  Bowman, Joseph D. ; Coble J ; Dosemeci, Mustafa ; Inskip P ; Kaune WT ; Linet M ; Mantiply E ; Stewart PA ; Yost MG
• Description:
  Introduction: Some occupational case-control and cohort studies have reported increased risks of brain cancer and leukemia associated with employment in jobs linked with exposures to magnetic or electric fields. In early studies, these associations were based on only electrical-related jobs; however, various attempts have been made to quantify EMF exposure in recent epidemiological investigations (2). In this report, we present a new approach to quantify level of exposures to EMF in various ranges of frequencies, such as static magnetic fields (SMF: < 3 Hz), extremely low frequencies (ELF: 3-3,000 Hz), video display units (VDU: 15-30 KHz), and radio frequencies (RF: 30 KHz-300GHz). [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Case Reports Electricity Electromagnetic Phenomena Environmental Monitoring Epidemiology Magnetic Fields Neoplasms Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radio Waves Safety

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• Keywords:
  Brain-tumors Cancer Case-studies Electrical-fields Electrical-workers Electromagnetic-fields Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Leukemogenesis Magnetic-fields Quantitative-analysis Radiofrequency-radiation

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• ISBN:
  9789170456077
• ISSN:
  0346-7821
• Publisher:
  Arbetslivsinstitutet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Alabama ; Maryland ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• 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:
  457-459
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041298
• Citation:
  Arbete och Halsa 2001 Jun; 2001(10):457-459
• Contact Point Address:
  M. Dosemeci, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
• Email:
  dosemecm@mail.nih.gov
• Editor(s):
  Hagsberg M; Knave B; Lillienberg L; Westberg H
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Arbete och Halsa (X2001 - exposure assessment in epidemiology and practice, June 10-13, 2001, Göteborg, Sweden)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdcf0e2e9bdf3011592506f61578ede8e15731350333d0dc911710488afcde9c49489d533afceb2bc54c07bd877d3c8a21b29fab4c376c8a50afa937a68551f7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193900/cdc_193900_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 81.14 KB ]