EMFs cutting through the controversy

Public Health Reports

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-217

  Wartenberg, Daniel ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EOHSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029933261     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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