Childhood leukaemia and distance from power lines in California: a population-based case-control study epidem.

[Kinderleukämie und Abstand zu Hochspannungsfreileitungen in Kalifornien: eine bevölkerungsbasierte Fall-Kontroll-Studie]

Ziel der Studie (lt. Autor)

Endpunkt/Art der Risikoabschätzung

• Leukämie im Kindesalter
• Hirntumor/ZNS-Tumor im Kindesalter

Exposition

• • 50/60 Hz
  • magnetisches Feld
• • Hochspannungsfreileitung
• • häusliche Exposition

Abschätzung

• Messung: Bestimmung des Abstands anhand von Luftbildern von Google Earth; nur bei Kinderleukämie-Fällen: Messungen des genauen Abstands vor Ort
• Berechnung: Geokodierung des Abstands zwischen der Wohnadresse der Mutter zum Zeitpunkt der Geburt zur nächsten Hochspannungsfreileitung

Expositionsgruppen

Population

• Gruppe:
  • Kinder
• Alter: 0–15 Jahre
• Beobachtungszeitraum: 1986 - 2008
• Studienort: USA (Kalifornien)

Fallgruppe

• Datenquelle: Krebsregister und Geburtenregister von Kalifornien

Kontrollgruppe

• Auswahl:
  • populationsbezogen
• Matching:
  • Geschlecht
  • Alter
  • Fall:Kontrolle = 1:1
• Ausschlusskriterien: Krebs-Diagnose

Studiengröße

Ergebnisse (lt. Autor)

Studie gefördert durch

• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), USA
• National Cancer Institute (NCI; U.S. National Institutes of Health), Maryland, USA

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