RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Risk for leukaemia and brain and breast cancer among Danish utility workers: a second follow-up
JF Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JO Occup Environ Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 782
OP 784
DO 10.1136/oem.2006.029116
VO 64
IS 11
A1 Christoffer Johansen
A1 Ole Raaschou Nielsen
A1 Jrgen H Olsen
A1 Joachim Schz
YR 2007
UL http://oem.bmj.com/content/64/11/782.abstract
AB 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 28224 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.