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"I motsetning til noe tidligere forskning og den vanlige oppfatningen, kan det å bo under eller nær kraftlinjer som barn være uten merkbar effekt på risikoen for barneleukemi, ifølge en ny case-control-studie fra Storbritannia."
[original: "Contrary to some previous research as well as popular belief, living underneath or near to power lines as a child may not have any notable effect on childhood leukemia risk, according to a new case-control study conducted in the United Kingdom."]
"Studien omfattet 53 515 barn fra National Registry of Childhood Tumours 1962-2008 samt matchede kontrollpersoner."
[original: "The study included 53,515 children from the National Registry of Childhood Tumours 1962-2008 as well as matched control patients."]
"På 1960-tallet var relativ risiko (RR) for leukemi hos barn som bodde mindre enn 200 meter fra høyspentlinjene (275 eller 400 kV), sammenlignet med dem som bodde mer enn 1000 meter fra linjene, 4,50 (95 % KI, 0,97-20,83)."
[original: "In the 1960s, the relative risk (RR) for leukemia for children living less than 200 meters from the higher voltage lines (275 or 400 kV) compared to those living more than 1000 meters from the lines was 4.50 (95% CI, 0.97-20.83)."]
"Hvis resultatet [av denne studien] ikke skyldes studieartefakt eller endring, synes den eneste gjenværende muligheten å ligge i endrede befolkningskjennetegn blant mennesker som bor nær kraftlinjer,"
[original: "If the result [of this study] is not due to study artefact or change, the only remaining possibility seems to lie in changing population characteristics of people living near power lines,"]
Residential distance at birth from overhead high-voltage powerlines: childhood cancer risk in Britain 1962-2008
Bunch et al. (2014) British Journal of Cancer Journal Level 2ⓘ
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⚡ Old News Revisited: CancerNetwork covered a BJC study of 53,515 childhood cancer cases in Britain. Earlier excess leukemia risk near power lines appeared to decline over time. Source: CancerNetwork
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