'Sensitivity to electricity' - A new environmental epidemic

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 519-524

  Liden S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer terminals; Electromagnetic fields; Facial dermatoses; Hypersensitivity; Psychophysiologic disorders

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW;

EID: 0029819678     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1996.tb00107.x     Document Type: Review

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