Cellular telephones: hazards or not?

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 937-940

  Vorst, Andre Vander ^a   Taurisano, Maria Daria ^a   Stockbroeckx, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE FIELD; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE; HEALTH EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; MICROWAVES; NEUROLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARDS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0033694452     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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