Radio frequency nonionizing radiation in a community exposed to radio and television broadcasting

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-253

  Burch, James B ^a   Clark, Maggie ^b   Yost, Michael G ^c   Fitzpatrick, Cole T E ^c   Bachand, Annette M ^b   Ramaprasad, Jaya ^c   Reif, John S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcasting; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment; GIS; Nonionizing radiation; Radio; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIETY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; RADIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 32044446292     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8237     Document Type: Article

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