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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 10 : 977-979
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "INVITED COMMENTARY: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND CANCER IN RAILWAY WORKERS"

Thomas C. Erren, Peter Bjerregaard, Pierluigi Cocco, Alexander Lerchl and Pia Verkasalo

Institute and Policlinic for Occupational and Social Medicine School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Cologne D-50924 Cologne, Germany
Section for Research in Greenland National Institute of Public Health DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Occupational Health Section Department of Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Surgery University of Cagliari I-09124 Cagliari, Italy
School of Engineering and Science International University Bremen D-28759 Bremen, Germany
Department of Environmental Health National Public Health Institute FIN-70701 Kuopio, Finland

In a recent interview regarding epidemiologic research on electromagnetic fields (EMFs), Dr. David Savitz stated that he "continue[s] to believe that [black box] epidemiology is capable of addressing health concerns even in the absence of biologic understanding, but what has happened with EMFs is that we've pursued that strategy and gotten the most insight we can" (1Go, p. 3). In the invited commentary (2Go) that stimulated these remarks, Savitz noted that alterations in melatonin levels have been proposed as possible intermediate endpoints between EMF exposures and health outcomes. However, he concluded that "without some unique circumstances offering vast numbers of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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David A. Savitz

Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599


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T. C. Erren, P. Bjerregaard, P. Cocco, A. Lerchl, P. Verkasalo, and D. A. Savitz
RE: "INVITED COMMENTARY: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND CANCER IN RAILWAY WORKERS"
Am. J. Epidemiol., November 15, 2001; 154(10): 977 - 979.
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