Electromagnetic field cancer scares

Health Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 301-309

  Deutsch, Sid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Health effects; Non ionizing; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030754036     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199708000-00002     Document Type: Review

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