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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 153, No. 6 : 615-617
Copyright © 2001 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RE: "ARE CHILDREN LIVING NEAR HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINES AT INCREASED RISK OF ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA?"

Joseph D. Bowman and Duncan C. Thomas

Engineering and Physical Hazards Branch Division of Applied Science and Technology National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Cincinnati, OH 45226–1998
Department of Preventive Medicine School of Medicine University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90033–9987


   INTRODUCTION
 
A recent article by Kleinerman et al. (1Go) uses an "exposure index" similar to a model for residential magnetic field exposures that we developed (2Go). Magnetic fields predicted by our model were associated with childhood leukemia (odds ratio = 2.00 in the highest exposure group, 95 percent confidence interval: 1.03, 3.89, p for trend = 0.02) (3Go), while Kleinerman et al. were unable to find an association (odds ratio for a continuous exposure variable = 0.95, 95 percent confidence interval: 0.78, 1.16).

Potential explanations for these conflicting results are worth discussing because the carcinogenicity of electric and magnetic fields (EMF) is unresolved (4Go). This letter focuses on . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   REFERENCES
 
Ruth A. Kleinerman, Martha S. Linet, Robert E. Tarone, Sholom Wacholder, William T. Kaune and Elizabeth E. Hatch

Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics National Cancer Institute Rockville, MD 20892
EM Factors Richland, WA 99352
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Boston University School of Public Health Boston, MA 02118


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