Study type:
Epidemiological study
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electric shocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis
epidem.
By:
Jalilian H, Najafi K, Khosravi Y, Röösli M
Published in: Rev Environ Health 2021; 36 (1): 129-142
Aim of study (acc. to author)
Further details
Following 27 studies were included in the meta-analysis: Deapen et al. (1986), Gunnarson et al. (1991), Gunnarson et al. (1992), Strickland et al. (1996), Davanipour et al. (1997), Savitz et al. (1998a), Savitz et al. (1998b), Noonan et al. (2002), Feychting et al. (2003), Hakansson et al. (2003), Park et al. (2005), Weißkopf et al. (2005), Röösli et al. (2007), Fang et al. (2009), Parlett et al. (2011), Malek et al. (2014), Sorahan et al. (2014), Fischer et al. (2015), Huss et al. (2015), Vergara et al. (2015), Koeman et al. (2017), Pedersen et al. (2017), Dickerson et al. (2019), Peters et al. (2019), Chen et al. (2019), Buckley et al. (1983) (not in EMF-Portal because job title was given without explicit relation to electromagnetic fields) and Huisman el al. (2015, in preparation).
Endpoint/type of risk estimation
Exposure
Assessment
Population
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Group:
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Observation period:
1950 - 2016
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Study location:
USA, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, UK, the Netherlands, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand
Statistical analysis method:
- random-effects models, metaregression analysis, heterogeneity test, funnel plot, Begg's test, Egger's test
Results (acc. to author)
Study funded by
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Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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