Childhood Leukemia and Magnetic Fields in Japan: A Case-control Study of Childhood Leukemia and Residential Power-frequency Magnetic Fields in Japan

Michinori Kabuto, Hiroshi Nitta, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Naohito Yamaguchi, Suminori Akiba, Yasushi Honda, Jun Hagihara, Katsuo Isaka, Tomohiro Saito, Toshiyuki Ojima, Yosikazu Nakamura, Tetsuya Mizoue, Satoko Ito, Akira Eboshida, Shin Yamazaki, Shigeru Sokejima, Yoshika Kurokawa, and Osami Kubo, in International Journal of Cancer, Volume 119, Issue 3, Pages 643–650, August 2006

This just-published Japanese study shows additional evidence that power-frequency magnetic field exposure (>>0.4 microT) is associated with a higher risk of childhood leukemia.

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