Radio frequency radiation (RFR): The nature of exposure and carcinogenic potential

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-332

  Valberg, Peter A ^a,b  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cellular telephones; Electromagnetic fields; Nonionizing radiation; Radio frequency radiation

Indexed keywords

DNA; ION; PROTEIN;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROCOMPUTER; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; CAUSALITY; COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADAR; RADIATION; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TELEPHONE; TELEVISION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0030744089     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018449003394     Document Type: Review

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