Risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia following parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields epidem.

[Risiko für akute lymphatische Leukämie in der Kindheit nach beruflicher Exposition der Eltern bei extrem niederfrequenten elektromagnetischen Feldern]

Ziel der Studie (lt. Autor)

Endpunkt/Art der Risikoabschätzung

• Leukämie im Kindesalter: akute lymphoblastische Leukämie im Kindesalter

Exposition

• • Niederfrequenz
• • berufliche Exposition

Abschätzung

• Fragebogen: Informationen zu jeder Berufstätigkeit einschließlich Dauer, Berufsbezeichnung, Arbeitgeber, Haupttätigkeiten und Anzahl der Arbeitsstunden pro Woche; berufstätig in der Nähe eines elektrischen Gerätes (kleines Handgerät, mittelgroßes Gerät wie Waschmaschine oder großes Gerät)
• Job-Exposure-Matrix: Bewertung der Exposition (keine, mögliche oder wahrscheinliche Exposition) und Ausmaß der Exposition (stark, mäßig oder niedrig) und Dauer der Exposition

Expositionsgruppen

Population

• Gruppe:
  • Kinder
  • Kinder in utero
• Alter: 0–14 Jahre
• Beobachtungszeitraum: Juli 2003 - Dezember 2006
• Studienort: Australien

Fallgruppe

• Merkmale: akute lymphoblastische Leukämie in Rückbildung
• Datenquelle: 10 Kinder-Onkologie-Zentren in Australien
• Ausschlusskriterien: unzureichende englische Sprachkenntnisse der Mutter

Kontrollgruppe

• Auswahl:
  • zufällige Telefonnummer-Auswahl
• Matching:
  • Geschlecht
  • Alter
  • Region
  • Fall:Kontrolle = 1:3

Studiengröße

Ergebnisse (lt. Autor)

Studie gefördert durch

• National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia

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