Childhood brain tumors and residential Electromagnetic Fields (EMF)

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 159, Issue , 1999, Pages 111-129

  Kheifets, Leeka I ^a   Sussman, Stanley S ^a   Preston Martin, Susan ^b  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032615678     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-1496-0_5     Document Type: Article

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