ArticleBritish journal of cancer2016
Childhood leukaemia and distance from power lines in California: a population-based case-control study.
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- The sensitivity of reported effects of EMF on childhood leukemia to uncontrolled confounding by residential mobility: a hybrid simulation study and an empirical analysis using CAPS data.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2019Article
- Childhood leukemia risk in the California Power Line Study: Magnetic fields versus distance from power lines.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Childhood cancer research in Oxford II: The Childhood Cancer Research Group.British journal of cancer · 2018Article
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- Residential mobility and childhood leukemia.Environmental research · 2018Article
- Residential magnetic fields exposure and childhood leukemia: a population-based case-control study in California.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2017Article
- Exposure Modelling of Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields from Overhead Power Lines and Its Validation by Measurements.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- Environmental Effect of High-voltage Towers on the Cerebellum and Cognitive Impairments in the Monkey.Basic and clinical neuroscienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have reported an increased risk of childhood leukaemia associated with living near high-voltage electric power transmission lines that extend to distances at which magnetic fields from lines are negligible. We conducted a large records-based case-control study of childhood leukaemia risk in the population living near power lines in California.
methodsThe study included 5788 childhood leukaemia and 3308 central nervous system (CNS) cancer cases (for comparison) born in and diagnosed in California (1986-2008), and matched to population-based controls by age and sex. We geocoded birth address and estimated the distance from residence to transmission lines using geographic information systems, aerial imagery, and, for some residences, site visits.
resultsFor leukaemia, there was a slight excess of cases within 50 m of a transmission line over 200 kV (odds ratio 1.4, 95% confidence interval 0.7-2.7). There was no evidence of increased risk for distances beyond 50 m, for lower-voltage lines, or for CNS cancers.
conclusionsOur findings did not clearly support an increased childhood leukaemia risk associated with close proximity (<50 m) to higher voltage lines, but could be consistent with a small increased risk. Reports of increased risk for distances beyond 50 m were not replicated.
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