Incidence of cancer in the vicinity of Korean AM radio transmitters

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 756-762

  Ha, Mina ^a   Lim, Hyung Jun ^b   Cho, Soo Hun ^b   Choi, Hyung Do ^c   Cho, Kwang Yun ^c  

^a Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AM radio transmitter; Brain cancer; Leukemia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; KOREA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STANDARDIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KOREA; LEUKEMIA; MALE; RADIO WAVES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 17044411615     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.58.12.756-762     Document Type: Article

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