Growing concern over the safety of using mobile phones and male fertility

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Derias, E M B ^a   Stefanis, P ^a   Drakeley, A ^a   Gazvani, R ^a   Lewis Jones, D I ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 28844506307     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: 15210375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010500203717     Document Type: Article

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