ID Number		1894
Study Type		Epidemiology
Model		ELF exposure (occupational) and lymphoma and neurodegenerative disease in Germany
Details		Lymphoma cases (n = 170) were evaluated for various sources of occupational exposure. The authors do not report any association with ELF, but do report associations with workers in food products, beverages, tobacco, paper products, publishing and printing, and metals and among architects, maids, farmers, glass formers, and construction workers. The authors also have recent reports on malignant lymphoma and solvent exposure (J Occup Med Toxicol 2007 2:2) and sun exposure (Int J Cancer 2007 120(11):2445-51). In a related study, Alzheimers cases (n = 108) from Frankfurt Germany were evaluated for occupational exposure to ELF. The authors report no association.
Findings		No Effects
Status		Completed With Publication
Principal Investigator		Fed Inst Occup Safety Health, Germany - seidler.andreas@baua.bund.de
Funding Agency		Private/Instit.
Country		GERMANY
References		Seidler, A et al. Occup Environ Med, (2007) 64:108-114 Mester, B et al. Occup Environ Med, (2006) 63:17-26
Comments