Extremely low frequency electric fields and cancer: assessing the evidence review

Endpoint

• cancer: see "epidemiology"; carcinogenicity in in vivo and in vitro studies
• epidemiology: cancer (e.g. (childhood) leukemia, brain tumors, lymphoma); comparison of effects of electric and magnetic fields
• mechanisms of action

Exposure

• • electric field
  • magnetic field
  • low frequency
• • power transmission line
  • electrical substation
  • PC/TV monitor
  • electric blanket
  • other domestic appliance
• • occupational
  • residential

Comments on this article

• Slesin L (2010): Comments on "Extremely low frequency electric fields and cancer: assessing the evidence" by Kheifets et al
• Villeneuve PJ et al. (2010): Comments on Kheifets et al. "Extremely low frequency electric fields and cancer: Assessing the evidence"

Related articles

• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (2002): Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: Static and Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electric and Magnetic Fields. IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans, Volume 80