Study type:
Epidemiological study
(observational study)
Parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and childhood cancer: a German case-control study
epidem.
By:
Hug K, Grize L, Seidler A, Kaatsch P, Schüz J
Published in: Am J Epidemiol 2010; 171 (1): 27-35
Aim of study (acc. to author)
Endpoint/type of risk estimation
Type of risk estimation:
(odds ratio (OR))
Exposure
Assessment
Exposure groups
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Group
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Description
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Reference group 1
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: ≤ 0.2 µT
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Group 2
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: > 0.2 µT
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Reference group 3
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: ≤ 0.1 µT
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Group 4
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: > 0.1 - 0.2 µT
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Group 5
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: > 0.2 - 1 µT
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Group 6
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paternal occupational exposure to ELF-MF: > 1 µT
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Population
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Group:
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Age:
0–14 years
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Observation period:
July 1988 - June 1993, October 1992 - September 1994
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Study location:
Germany (Lower-Saxony, West Germany)
Case group
Control group
Study size
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Cases |
Controls |
| Evaluable |
2,049 |
2,382 |
Statistical analysis method:
- conditional logistic regression
(
adjustment:
- age
- sex
- residential area
- socioeconomic status
)
Results (acc. to author)
Study funded by
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Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety), Germany
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Danish Cancer Society
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Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Basel, Switzerland
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