Monitoring of people and workers exposure to the electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields in an Italian national cancer Institute

Journal of Experimental and Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Di Nallo, Anna Maria ^a   Strigari, Lidia ^a   Giliberti, Claudia ^b   Bedini, Angelico ^b   Palomba, Raffaele ^b   Benassi, Marcello ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; ITALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ITALY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52949095064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17569966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-27-16     Document Type: Article

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