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Childhood leukemia and EMF: Review of the epidemiologic evidence
Author(s) -
Kheifets Leeka,
Shimkhada Riti
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.20139
Subject(s) - childhood leukemia , international agency , leukemia , medicine , childhood cancer , childhood leukaemia , environmental health , epidemiology , cancer , pediatrics , pathology , immunology , lymphoblastic leukemia
Abstract All populations are exposed to varying degrees of electromagnetic fields (EMF); in this study we consider only extremely low frequency (ELF) and radio frequency (RF) fields. After the first study of ELF and childhood leukemia in 1979, intensive epidemiologic investigation has sought to shed light on the potential relation between EMF and childhood leukemia. Consistent associations from epidemiologic studies and two pooled analyses have been the basis for the classification of ELF as a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). The study of RF is still in its infancy and little is known about residential RF exposure or its potential effects on childhood leukemia. The purpose of this study, presented at the WHO Workshop on Sensitivity of Children to EMF in Istanbul, Turkey in June 2004, is to review and critically assess the epidemiologic evidence on EMF and childhood leukemia. Bioelectromagnetics Supplement 7:S51–S59, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.