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The sensitivity of reported effects of EMF on childhood leukemia to uncontrolled confounding by residential mobility: a hybrid simulation study and an empirical analysis using CAPS data.

Aryana T AmoonOnyebuchi Aniweta ArahLeeka Kheifets
Published in: Cancer causes & control : CCC (2019)
We conclude that uncontrolled confounding by residential mobility had some impact on the estimated effect of EMF exposures on childhood leukemia, but that it was unlikely to be the primary explanation behind previously observed largely consistent, but unexplained associations.
Keyphrases
  • air pollution
  • acute myeloid leukemia
  • bone marrow
  • early life
  • childhood cancer
  • electronic health record
  • big data
  • machine learning