Brain tumour development in rats exposed to electromagnetic fields used in wireless cellular communication

Wireless Networks

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 463-469

  Salford, Leif G ^a,b   Brun, Arne ^a,b   Persson, Bertil R R ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MODELS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; PULSE MODULATION;

BRAIN TUMOUR; CONTINUOUS WAVES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0031273976     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019102627678     Document Type: Article

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