Is fertility reduced among men exposed to radiofrequency fields in the Norwegian Navy?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-352

  Møllerløkken, Ole Jacob ^a   Moen, Bente E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic field radiation; Fertility; Radiofrequency fields; Royal Norwegian Navy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD RADIATION; EXPOSED TO; FERTILITY; HUMAN HEALTH; ODD RATIOS; PUBLIC CONCERN; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NAVY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK; SMOKING; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORK;

EID: 45749124060     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20400     Document Type: Article

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