Review of the epidemiologic literature on EMF and health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2001, Pages 911-933

  Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Cardis, Elisabeth ^b   Green, Adele ^c   Linet, Martha ^d   Savitz, David ^e   Swerdlow, Anthony ^f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Chronic disease; Epidemiology; Extremely low frequency EMF; Review

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPERIMENTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0035680703     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.109-1240626     Document Type: Review

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