Magnetic field exposure and prognostic factors in childhood leukemia.
We examined the association between magnetic field (MF) exposure and the presence of prognostic risk factors among 482 children diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) between 1996 and 2001. Personal 24-h MF measurements were obtained for 412 children; 386 children were included in analyses. There were no trends seen between increasing exposure to MF and the presence of adverse clinical and tumor-specific prognostic factors. Our results suggest that exposure to MF is not associated with the presence of unfavorable cytogenetic abnormalities in leukemic blast cells or with clinical factors at the time of diagnosis that predict poor survival.
Foliart
Donna E
DE
Public Health Institute, Oakland, California, USA. dfoliart@hospicecc.org
Mezei
Gabor
G
Iriye
Richard
R
Silva
J Michael
JM
Ebi
Kristie L
KL
Kheifets
Leeka
L
Link
Michael P
MP
Kavet
Rob
R
Pollock
Brad H
BH
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007953:Leukemia, Radiation-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology