Source of funding and results of studies of health effects of mobile phone use: Systematic review of experimental studies

Ciencia e Saude Coletiva

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1005-1012

  Huss, Anke ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,b   Hug, Kerstin ^c   Huwiler Müntener, Karin ^a   Röösli, Martin ^a   Gomes, Doris ^a   Da Ros, Marco Aurélio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Financial conflicts of interest; Human laboratory studies; Mobile phones

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849084190     PISSN: 14138123     EISSN: 16784561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1413-81232008000300022     Document Type: Article

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