Occupational Exposure to Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Fields and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk

Saeedeh Moayedi-Nia1, Chelsea Almadin, France Labrèche

  • 1From the Health Innovation and Evaluation Hub, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada (S.M.-N., C.A., L.R., V.H.); Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (F.L.); Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CReSP), University of Montréal and CIUSSS Centre-Sud, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (F.L.); Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (M.S.G.); Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain (E.C.); Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain (E.C.); Spanish Consortium for Research and Public Health (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain (E.C.); and Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (V.H.).

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