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Residential wire codes: reproducibility and relation with measured magnetic fields

R E Tarone1, W T Kaune, M S Linet

  • 1Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine
|October 9, 1998
PubMed
Summary

Wire codes reliably estimate residential magnetic fields, but this method did not show a link between magnetic field exposure and childhood leukaemia risk in a US study.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Residential power line configurations influence magnetic field exposure.
  • Accurate exposure assessment is crucial for epidemiological studies, particularly for childhood leukaemia.
  • Wire codes offer a potential proxy for measuring residential magnetic field strength.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the reproducibility of wire codes for characterizing residential power line configurations.
  • To determine if wire codes serve as a valid proxy for residential magnetic field strength.
  • To investigate the association between wire code categories and childhood leukaemia risk in the US.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated wire code reproducibility through independent measurements by two technicians.

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  • Assessed the association between wire code categories and measured magnetic field levels in bedrooms.
  • Examined the link between high wire code categories and leukaemia risk in regions with varying magnetic field levels.

    • Main Results:

    • Excellent reproducibility was found for three different wire code classification schemes (kappa >= 0.89).
    • Magnetic field strength increased with higher wire code categories.
    • Odds ratios for leukaemia risk did not correlate with mean magnetic field levels across wire code categories.

    Conclusions:

    • Wire code misclassification is not a significant source of bias in this study.
    • Wire codes effectively serve as a proxy measure for residential magnetic field exposure.
    • The study did not find an association between high wire code categories and childhood leukaemia risk, which cannot be attributed to inaccurate exposure assessment via wire codes.