
166 Epidemiology of Electromagnetic Fields
TABLE10.1 (Continued)
Epidemiologic Studies of Residential and Occupational Exposure to Magnetic Fields and Adult Breast Cancer, Brain Tumors, and Leukemia
Published Subsequent to WHO EHC 238
Author Year
Location and
Study Period
Study Base and
Subject
Identication
Study
Type
Exposure
Assessment
Approach JEM Used
Study
Design
RR
Measure
Risk Estimates and
Condence Intervals
Number of Cases/
Controls or
Person/Years
Lowenthal 2007 Australia,
Tasmania:
Dxed between
1972 and 1980
Incident cases;
age-,
sex-matched
controls
randomly
selected from
electoral rolls
R Questionnaire
lifetime
residential hx
— Case–
control ...