Magnetic Fields and Breast Cancer Risk

Abstract

We will begin the final year of data collection on a nested case-control study of the association between magnetic field and breast cancer risk among a group of predominantly African-American and Latino women in Los Angeles County. The research questions remain as follows: (1) Is residential exposure to magnetic fields, as assessed by wiring configuration coding in homes occupied over the past 10 years before diagnosis, associated with the risk of breast cancer. Wiring configuration coding is a method that uses data on the types and distances to nearby outdoor electrical wiring to impute magnetic field levels in homes. (2) Do higher exposures to alternating current (AC) magnetic fields, as assessed by 7 days of measurements, increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. Do particular combinations of the alternating current (AC) magnetic field and the direct current (DC) magnetic field, increase the risk of breast cancer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA335931

Entities

People

  • J. K. L. Peters

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • African Americans
  • Alternating Current
  • Breast Cancer
  • California
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Digital Information
  • Direct Current
  • Electric Power
  • Health Care
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Neoplasms
  • Power
  • Risk Factors

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  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
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