Electric and magnetic fields (EMF): What do we know about the health effects?

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 448-454

  Valberg, Peter A ^a,b  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric fields; Electrical workers; ELF; EMF; Epidemiology; Magnetic fields; Nonionizing radiation; Power line fields

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONDUCTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029834782     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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