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Feasibility of a cohort study on health risks caused by occupational exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields

Jürgen Breckenkamp1*, Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff1, Eva Münster2, Joachim Schüz3, Brigitte Schlehofer4, Jürgen Wahrendorf4 and Maria Blettner5

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Epidemiology and International Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany

2 Institute of Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 67, 55131 Mainz, Germany

3 Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

4 Unit of Environmental Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

5 Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Straße 69, 55131 Mainz, Germany

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Environmental Health 2009, 8:23 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-8-23

Published: 29 May 2009

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Summary of results. The table summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of the three selected potential cohorts.

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