Childhood leukemia in relation to radio frequency electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of TV and radio broadcast transmitters epidem.

Aim of study (acc. to author)

Further details

Endpoint/type of risk estimation

• childhood leukemia: lymphoid leukemia, myeloid leukemia

Exposure

• • RF field
• • TV broadcast (VHF/UHF)
  • FM broadcast (UKW)
  • AM radio transmitters
• • residential

Assessment

• calculation: individual residential exposure based on operating characteristics of all relevant transmitters between 1983 and 2002

Exposure groups

Population

• Group:
  • children
• Age: 0–14 years
• Observation period: 1984 - 2003
• Study location: West Germany (municipalities in the vicinity of the strongest transmitters)

Case group

• Characteristics: childhood leukemia
• Data source: German Childhood Cancer Registry
• Exclusion criteria: incomplete address

Control group

• Selection:
  • population-based
• Matching:
  • sex
  • age
  • transmitter area
  • case:control = 1:3

Study size

Results (acc. to author)

Study funded by

• Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS; Federal Office for Radiation Protection), Salzgitter, Germany

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