Cancer morbidity in subjects occupationally exposed to high frequency (radiofrequency and microwave) electromagnetic radiation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-17

  Szmigielski, Stanislaw ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

microwave radiation, cancer morbidity; military personnel; Poland; radiofrequency radiation, cancer morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

EID: 0029925998     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)04915-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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