Power frequency electromagnetic fields and health. Where's the evidence?

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2000, Pages

  Preece, Alan W ^a   Hand, Jeff W ^b   Clarke, Robert N ^c   Stewart, Alice ^d  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033800196     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/9/201     Document Type: Review

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