Open AccessElectromagnetic field exposure and cancer: A review of epidemiologic evidence
Author(s) -
Heath Clark W.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.46.1.29
Subject(s) - causation , cancer , relation (database) , medicine , environmental health , epistemology , computer science , data mining , philosophy
The idea that exposure to power-frequency electric and magnetic fields might contribute to cancer causation has been under investigation for nearly two decades. A number of epidemiologic studies have been undertaken, but findings have been weak, inconsistent, and inconclusive. This article provides an updated survey of epidemiologic information and considers those data in relation to the many scientific uncertainties that still persist.