Panel exploring pro and con arguments as to whether EMFs cause childhood brain cancer.
Two groups of epidemiologists were assigned to develop pro and con arguments with regard to a causal explanation for statistical associations sometimes seen between surrogates for occupational and residential electric and magnetic field exposure and brain cancer. The arguments developed were meant to help the Department of Health Services when it prepared its final risk evaluation by a respectful and illuminating review of the possible reasons for concluding either that magnetic fields were or were not likely to be a cause of brain cancer.
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California Department of Health Services Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control, Oakland 94612, USA. rneutra@dhs.ca.gov
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015981:Epidemiologic Factors; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors