Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses
We report further analyses from an epidemiological study of childhood cancer and residence at birth near high-voltage power lines in the UK. These results suggest that the elevated risks for childhood leukaemia that we previously found for overhead power lines may be higher for older age at diagnos...
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description | We report further analyses from an epidemiological study of childhood cancer and residence at birth near high-voltage power lines in the UK. These results suggest that the elevated risks for childhood leukaemia that we previously found for overhead power lines may be higher for older age at diagnosis and for myeloid rather than lymphoid leukaemia. There are differences across regions of birth but not forming any obvious pattern. Our results suggest the decline in risk we previously reported from the 1960s to the 2000s is linked to calendar year of birth or of cancer occurrence rather than the age of the power lines concerned. Finally, we update our previous analysis of magnetic fields to include later subjects. |
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spelling | oxford-uuid:225fbf49-797d-433f-8f6f-f43e190101772022-03-26T11:38:28ZEpidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analysesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:225fbf49-797d-433f-8f6f-f43e19010177EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordInstitute of Physics2016Bunch, KSwanson, JVincent, TMurphy, MWe report further analyses from an epidemiological study of childhood cancer and residence at birth near high-voltage power lines in the UK. These results suggest that the elevated risks for childhood leukaemia that we previously found for overhead power lines may be higher for older age at diagnosis and for myeloid rather than lymphoid leukaemia. There are differences across regions of birth but not forming any obvious pattern. Our results suggest the decline in risk we previously reported from the 1960s to the 2000s is linked to calendar year of birth or of cancer occurrence rather than the age of the power lines concerned. Finally, we update our previous analysis of magnetic fields to include later subjects. |
spellingShingle | Bunch, K Swanson, J Vincent, T Murphy, M Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title | Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title_full | Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title_short | Epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the UK: further analyses |
title_sort | epidemiological study of power lines and childhood cancer in the uk further analyses |
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