The role of household electromagnetic fields in the development of mammary tumors in women: Clinical case-record observations

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Beniashvili, Djemal ^a   Avinoach, Ilana ^a   Baasov, David ^b   Zusman, Itshak ^c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Low frequency electromagnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSERVATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 12244262263     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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