82. Retrospective Exposure Assessment for a Case-Control Study of Brain Cancer Among Employees at a Chemical Research Facility

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kreft
Keyword(s):  
Exposure Assessment ◽  
Brain Cancer ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Research Facility ◽  
Chemical Research ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Adult mortality from leukemia, brain cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and magnetic fields from power lines: a case-control study in Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabel Marcilio ◽  
Nelson Gouveia ◽  
Mário Leite Pereira Filho ◽  
Leeka Kheifets
Keyword(s):  
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ◽  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Transmission Lines ◽  
Brain Cancer ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Lateral Sclerosis

Recent publications renewed interest in assessing potential health risks for subjects living close to transmission lines. This study aimed at evaluating the association of both distance of home address to the nearest overhead transmission line and of the calculated magnetic fields from the power lines and mortality from leukemia, brain cancer, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We carried out a death certificate based case-control study accessing adult mortality in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, in Brazil. Analysis included 1,857 cases of leukemia, 2,357 of brain cancer, 367 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and 4,706 as controls. An increased risk for mortality from leukemia among adults living at closer distances to transmission lines compared to those living further then 400 m was found. Risk was higher for subjects that lived within 50 m from power lines (OR=1.47; 95% CI=0.99-2.18). Similarly, a small increase in leukemia mortality was observed among adults living in houses with higher calculated magnetic fields (OR=1.61; 95% CI=0.91-2.86 for those exposed to magnetic fields >0.3 µT). No increase was seen for brain tumours or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Our findings are suggestive of a higher risk for leukemia among subjects living closer to transmission lines, and for those living at homes with higher calculated magnetic fields, although the risk was limited to lower voltage lines.

Case-Control Study of Intracranial Tumors Among Employees at a Petrochemical Research Facility

2001 ◽  
pp. 1103-1113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Beall ◽  
Elizabeth Delzell ◽  
Brad Rodu ◽  
Nalini Sathiakumar ◽  
Peter S.J. Lees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Intracranial Tumors ◽  
Research Facility ◽  
Control Study

Residential Solvent Exposure and Brain Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Epidemiology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (Suppl) ◽  
pp. S116-S117
Author(s):  
G Monteiro ◽  
R Pereira ◽  
R Koifman ◽  
S Koifman
Keyword(s):  
Brain Cancer ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Solvent Exposure ◽  
Control Study

Occupational and environmental risk factors for brain cancer: a pilot case-control study in France

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. e35-e44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valérie Spinelli ◽  
Olivier Chinot ◽  
Cécilia Cabaniols ◽  
Roch Giorgi ◽  
Philippe Alla ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Brain Cancer ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Environmental Risk Factors ◽  
Control Study
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