Increasing the engine-mattress distance in neonatal incubators: A way to decrease exposure of infants to electromagnetic fields

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-80

  Bellieni, Carlo Valerio ^a   Rigato, M ^a   Fortunato, M ^a   Cordelli, D M ^a   Bagnoli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromagnetism; Incubator; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; INFANT; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY;

EID: 0037320502     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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