ELF-EMF correlation study on distance from overhead transmission lines and acute leukemia among children in Klang Valley, Malaysia. epidem.

[ELF-EMF-Korrelationsstudie zu dem Abstand zu Hochspannungsfreileitungen und akuter Leukämie bei Kindern im Klang-Tal in Malaysia].

Ziel der Studie (lt. Autor)

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Endpunkt/Art der Risikoabschätzung

• Leukämie im Kindesalter: akute Leukämie

Exposition

• • 50/60 Hz
  • magnetisches Feld
• • Hochspannungsfreileitung
• • häusliche Exposition

Abschätzung

• Messung: die magnetische Flussdichte wurde vor der Haustür jedes Teilnehmers gemessen
• Berechnung: Abstand zwischen Wohnung und Hochspannungsfreileitungen unter Verwendung eines globalen Positionssystems (GPS)

Expositionsgruppen

Population

• Gruppe:
  • Kinder
• Alter: 0–14 Jahre
• Beobachtungszeitraum: Januar 2001 - Mai 2007
• Studienort: Malaysia (Klang-Tal)

Fallgruppe

• Merkmale: akute Leukämie, histologisch bestätigt
• Datenquelle: Universitätsklinik Kebangsaan Malaysia und General Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kontrollgruppe

• Kinder mit einer akuten Erkrankung (außer Krebs), die in den beiden Krankenhäusern behandelt wurden
• Auswahl:
  • krankenhausbezogen
• Matching:
  • Geschlecht
  • Alter
  • Fall:Kontrolle = 1:1

Studiengröße

Schlussfolgerung (lt. Autor)

Studie gefördert durch

• Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (FRGS), Malaysia

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