Authored By:
Tabrizi MM, et al
Summary:
The impact of prenatal and childhood exposure to extremely low frequency EMF from high voltage power lines on the incidence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) was investigated in this case-control study. The study included 22 cases of newly diagnosed ALL and 100 controls that lived in low socioeconomic environment in Iran. The authors concluded that there is an increased risk of childhood ALL (odds ratio, OR = 3.651, 95% confidence interval, 95% CI, 1.692-7.878) with pre- and postnatal exposure to EMF from high voltage power lines in a population with a low socioeconomic background.
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Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2015; 16 (6): 2347 - 2350
