American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 2 : 202-205
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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RE: "CANCER INCIDENCE NEAR RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMITTERS IN GREAT BRITAIN. I. SUTTON COLDFIELD TRANSMITTER; II. ALL HIGH POWER TRANSMITTERS"
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit The Public Health Building The University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology The Public Health Building The University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Following two earlier studies of hematopoietic and other selected cancers near the Sutton Coldfield television (TV) transmitter in England (Sutton Mast), continuing local concerns prompted a further study in which previous analysis was repeated and more timely cancer data were used. The first study by Dolk et al. (1
) found significant declines in risk for adult leukemia, skin cancer, and bladder cancer with distance from the TV transmitter. A second study by Dolk et al. (2), in which 20 TV transmitters (including Sutton Mast) in the United Kingdom were investigated, was unable to replicate the pattern and the extent of the first study. This research letter reports on whether the results of analysis of adult and childhood leukemia around Sutton Mast in which more recent data were used are consistent with the results from these earlier studies.
Cancer data from the years 1987–1994 were extracted from the West
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Environmental Management and Design Division Lincoln University Canterbury, New Zealand
Environmental Epidemiology Unit Department of Public Health and Policy London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine London WC1E 7HT, England
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