CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, Vol 46, Issue 1 29-44, Copyright © 1996 by American Cancer Society
Electromagnetic field exposure and cancer: a review of epidemiologic evidence
C. W. Heath Jr
Epidemiology and Surveillence Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The idea that exposure to power-frequency electric and magnetic fields
might contribute to cancer causation has been under investigation for
nearly two decades. A number of epidemiologic studies have been undertaken,
but findings have been weak, inconsistent, and inconclusive. This article
provides an updated survey of epidemiologic information and considers those
data in relation to the many scientific uncertainties that still persist.