Occupational Exposure to Electric Shocks and Magnetic Fields and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Sweden.

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been consistently related to "electric occupations," but associations with magnetic field levels were generally weaker than those with electrical occupations. Exposure to electric shock has been suggested as a possible explanation. Furthermore, studies were generally based on mortality or prevalence of ALS, and studies often had limited statistical power.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Epidemiology

Title: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)

Publisher: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

ISSN (Electronic): 1531-5487

ISSN (Print): 1044-3983

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 2015

Volume: 26

Issue: 6

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[1 ] From the aDepartment of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; bInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands; cInstitute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; dDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; eJulius Centre for Public Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands; fUnit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; gElectric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA; and hUnit of Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Publisher Item ID: 00001648-201511000-00008

DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000365

PubMed ID: 26414853

SO-VID: 63c3c592-820d-4ec0-9d67-faa0be0586bf

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