Electromagnetic field exposure and cancer: A review of epidemiologic evidence

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-44

  Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030022326     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.46.1.29     Document Type: Review

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