Outdoor background elf magnetic fields in an urban environment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 375-380

  d'Amore, G ^a   Anglesio, L ^a   Tasso, M ^a   Benedetto, A ^a   Roletti, S ^a  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA;

BACKGROUND RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; ITALY; MAPS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; STATISTICS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0034999601     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006513     Document Type: Article

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