BMJ 2005;330 (4 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7503.0
Leukaemia: avoid living near high voltage lines...
Children who, at birth, live near high voltage power lines in England and Wales are more at risk of getting leukaemia than children who don't. In a case-control study of more than 29 000 children with cancer and their matched controls, Draper and colleagues (p 1290) found that—compared with children who lived more than 600 m away from the power lines—children who lived within 200 m and between 200 m and 600 m away had a significantly increased risk of leukaemia (relative risk 1.69 and 1.23, respectively). The authors think the relation may be due to chance or confounding.
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BMJ 2005 330: 1290.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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