ELF Magnetic Fields and Childhood Leukemia

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Risk evaluationInstitute of Cancer EpidemiologyLimited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans......is usually based on evidence in humanswhich is considered credible,but chance, bias and confoundingcannot be ruled out withreasonable confidenceconsistent findingsfrom epidemiologicalstudiesIdentification of bias inobservational studies
History: some milestonesInstitute of Cancer Epidemiology• 1979:first study published by Wertheimer and Leeper• 1993:Swedish study by Feychting and Ahlbom• 1997:Large-scale study by the National Cancer Institute, USA• 2000:Meta-analysis by Ahlbom et al. and Greenland et al.• 2002:Risk evaluation by IARC
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Page 8 and 9: Risk Evaluation:EU SCENIHR (2007)In
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Page 22 and 23: ConfoundingInstitute of Cancer Epid
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Page 30 and 31: ObservationOverview of explanations
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