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Published Online First: 1 May 2007. doi:10.1136/oem.2006.029116
Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2007;64:782-784
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Risk for leukaemia and brain and breast cancer among Danish utility workers: a second follow-up

Christoffer Johansen, Ole Raaschou Nielsen, Jørgen H Olsen, Joachim Schüz

Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Correspondence to:
Dr C Johansen, Division for Cancer Epidemiology, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; christof{at}cancer.dk

Objective: To update a study of risks for leukaemia, brain cancer and breast cancer in a Danish nationwide, population-based cohort of utility employees.

Methods: A multivariate statistical model including information on age, duration of employment, date of first employment and level of occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields was applied.

Results: No increased risk for these cancers was seen among 28 224 subjects with more than 3 months of employment in whom cancer had not been diagnosed before first employment.

Conclusion: The results do not support the hypothesis of an association between occupational exposure to magnetic fields in the electric utility industry and risks for leukaemia, brain cancer and breast cancer.

Keywords: electromagnetic fields; occupational exposure; risk for cancer




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