The sensitivity of children to electromagnetic fields

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Kheifets, Leeka ^a   Repacholi, Michael ^b   Saunders, Rick ^b   Van Deventer, Emilie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Electromagnetic fields; Environmental risk; Mobile phones; Policies; Power lines; Sensitive periods

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; LEUKEMIA; MOBILE PHONE; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 27144558209     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2541     Document Type: Review

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