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Brain Cancer
Research from University of California in the area of brain cancer published
August 5th, 2008
In this recently published article, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To update past meta-analyses on occupational electromagnetic fields (EMF) and adult brain cancer and leukemia. We collected and evaluated all relevant 1993 to 2007 publications." "Summary estimates were obtained using various weighting schemes. TO explore sources of heterogeneity, study characteristics were examined using regression analysis.. Overall, for new studies, both brain cancer and leukemia showed small increases in risk estimates 10% and, 13%, respectively. Notably, pooled risk estimates were lower than in past meta-analyses, and leukemia subtypes showed no consistent...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-08-05)
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