Ownership and use of wireless telephones: A population-based study of Swedish children aged 7-14 years

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Söderqvist, Fredrik ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Hansson Mild, Kjell ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGISTER; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; AGE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OWNERSHIP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347375326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-105     Document Type: Article

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