Open AccessInteractions between occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and chemicals for brain tumour risk in the INTEROCC study
Author(s) -
Michelle C. Turner,
Geza Benke,
Joseph D. Bowman,
Jordi Figuerola,
Sarah Fleming,
Martine Hours,
Laurel Kincl,
Daniel Krewski,
Dave McLean,
MarieÉlise Parent,
Lesley Richardson,
Siegal Sadetzki,
Klaus Schlaefer,
Brigitte Schlehofer,
Joachim Schüz,
Jack Siemiatycki,
Martie van Tongeren,
Elisabeth Cardis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2016-104080
Subject(s) - glioma , percentile , medicine , meningioma , logistic regression , occupational exposure , environmental health , pathology , statistics , mathematics , cancer research
In absence of clear evidence regarding possible effects of occupational chemical exposures on brain tumour aetiology, it is worthwhile to explore the hypothesis that such exposures might act on brain tumour risk in interaction with occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF).