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Childhood leukemia and magnetic fields in Japan: A case-control study of childhood leukemia and residential power-frequency magnetic fields in Japan

  1. Michinori Kabuto1,†,*,
  2. Hiroshi Nitta1,
  3. Seiichiro Yamamoto2,
  4. Naohito Yamaguchi3,
  5. Suminori Akiba4,
  6. Yasushi Honda5,
  7. Jun Hagihara6,
  8. Katsuo Isaka7,
  9. Tomohiro Saito8,
  10. Toshiyuki Ojima9,
  11. Yosikazu Nakamura9,
  12. Tetsuya Mizoue10,
  13. Satoko Ito11,
  14. Akira Eboshida11,
  15. Shin Yamazaki12,
  16. Shigeru Sokejima12,
  17. Yoshika Kurokawa1,
  18. Osami Kubo3

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006

DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21374

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International Journal of Cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volume 119, Issue 3, pages 643–650, 1 August 2006

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Kabuto, M., Nitta, H., Yamamoto, S., Yamaguchi, N., Akiba, S., Honda, Y., Hagihara, J., Isaka, K., Saito, T., Ojima, T., Nakamura, Y., Mizoue, T., Ito, S., Eboshida, A., Yamazaki, S., Sokejima, S., Kurokawa, Y. and Kubo, O. (2006), Childhood leukemia and magnetic fields in Japan: A case-control study of childhood leukemia and residential power-frequency magnetic fields in Japan. Int. J. Cancer, 119: 643–650. doi: 10.1002/ijc.21374

Author Information

  1. 1

    National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan

  2. 2

    National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

  3. 3

    Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

  4. 4

    Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

  5. 5

    University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  6. 6

    Miyagi University, Miyagi, Japan

  7. 7

    Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan

  8. 8

    National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

  9. 9

    Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan

  10. 10

    University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Fukuoka, Japan

  11. 11

    Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

  12. 12

    Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  1. †

    Fax: +81-29-850-2571.

*National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8506, Japan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 MAY 2006
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 31 MAY 2005
  4. Manuscript Received: 28 SEP 2004

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  • Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for 1999–2001

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