A precautionary tale: The British response to cell phone EMF

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 21, Issue 4 SPEC., 2002, Pages 14-18

  Burgess, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH RISKS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

EUROPEAN UNION; PESSIMISTIC PROJECTIONS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0036971611     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1166561     Document Type: Article

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