Mobile phones should not be used in clinical areas or within a metre of medical equipment in hospitals

Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-116

  Small, Doug ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Hospital; Interference; Mobile phone; Radiation

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFUSION PUMP; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 17644388759     PISSN: 17442249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehbc.2005.01.017     Document Type: Note

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