Exposure to power frequency electric fields and the risk of childhood cancer in the UK

J Skinner; TJ Mee; RP Blackwell; MP Maslanyj; SG Allen; NE Day; Kar Cheng; E Gilman; D Williams; Jill Simpson

doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6600602

Exposure to power frequency electric fields and the risk of childhood cancer in the UK

J Skinner, TJ Mee, RP Blackwell, MP Maslanyj, SG Allen, NE Day, Kar Cheng, E Gilman, D Williams, Jill Simpson

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The United Kingdom Childhood Cancer Study, a population-based case-control study covering the whole of Great Britain, incorporated a pilot study measuring electric fields. Measurements were made in the homes of 473 children who were diagnosed with a malignant neoplasm between 1992 and 1996 and who were aged 0-14 at diagnosis, together with 453 controls matched on age, sex and geographical location. Exposure assessments comprised resultant spot measurements in the child's bedroom and the family living-room. Temporal stability of bedroom fields was investigated through continuous logging of the 48-h vertical component at the child's bedside supported by repeat spot measurements. The principal exposure metric used was the mean of the pillow and bed centre measurements. For the 273 cases and 276 controls with fully validated measures, comparing those with a measured electric field exposure >/=20 V m(-1) to those in a reference category of exposure

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1257-1266
Number of pages	10
Journal	British Journal of Cancer
Volume	87
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600602
Publication status	Published - 18 Nov 2002

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