The precautionary principle and risk perception: Experimental studies in the EMF area

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 402-405

  Wiedemann, Peter M ^a   Schütz, Holger ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Base stations; Electromagnetic fields; Health protection; Mobile phones; Precautionary principle; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RISK; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 18044368279     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7538     Document Type: Article

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