Public health impact of extremely low-frequency electromagnetic fields

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1532-1537

  Kheifets, Leeka ^a   Afifi, Abdelmonem A ^a   Shimkhada, Riti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; ELF; Extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields; Health impact; Health policy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 33749431276     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8977     Document Type: Article

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