Recall of past use of mobile phone handsets

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-240

  Parslow, R C ^a   Hepworth, S J ^a   McKinney, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0346958345     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006354     Document Type: Article

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