Mobile phone use and exposures in children

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2005, Pages

  Schüz, Joachim ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Cellular telephones; Child; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Radio waves

Indexed keywords

RADIO WAVES;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CHILD; EARLY AGE; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY OF USE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LONG LIFETIME; MOBILE PHONE USE; RECENT TRENDS; WAVE EXPOSURE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GERMANY; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROWAVES; PREVALENCE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 27144478308     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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