The EMF controversy: Are electromagnetic fields dangerous to your health?

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 994-998

  Miller, Howard K ^a  

^a SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HEALTH RISKS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EFFECTS;

EID: 0031235260     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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