Symptoms experienced by users of digital cellular phones: A study of a french engineering school

Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-88

  Santini, Roger ^a   Seigne, Marius ^a   Bonhomme Faivre, Laurence ^b   Bouffet, Stéphanie ^a   Defrasne, Elsa ^a   Sage, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

Bioeffects; Digital cellular phone; Human; Microwave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036397359     PISSN: 15368378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JBC-120003113     Document Type: Article

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