Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To update a study of risks for leukaemia, brain cancer and breast cancer in a Danish nationwide, population-based cohort of utility employees.
METHODS: A multivariate statistical model including information on age, duration of employment, date of first employment and level of occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields was applied.
RESULTS: No increased risk for these cancers was seen among 28,224 subjects with more than 3 months of employment in whom cancer had not been diagnosed before first employment.
CONCLUSION: The results do not support the hypothesis of an association between occupational exposure to magnetic fields in the electric utility industry and risks for leukaemia, brain cancer and breast cancer.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Pages (from-to) | 782-4 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 1351-0711 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Brain Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Breast Neoplasms, Male/epidemiology
- Denmark/epidemiology
- Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Leukemia/epidemiology
- Male
- Multivariate Analysis
- Occupational Diseases/epidemiology
- Occupational Exposure/adverse effects
- Power Plants
- Risk Factors
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