The "Mainzer EMF-Wachhund": Results from a watchdog project on self-reported health complaints attributed to exposure to electromagnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 280-287

  Schüz, Joachim ^a,b   Petters, Christian ^a   Egle, Ulrich Tiber ^a   Jansen, Bernd ^a   Kimbel, Renate ^a   Letzel, Stephan ^a   Nix, Wilfred ^a   Schmidt, Lutz G ^a   Vollrath, Lutz ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Cellular telephones; Electromagnetic hypersensitivity; Unspecific health symptoms

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ADVERSE EFFECT; CLASSIFIEDS; DIRECT LINKS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETICS; INTERNET BASED; SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS; SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNSPECIFIC HEALTH SYMPTOM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 33646230538     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20212     Document Type: Article

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