There is currently enough evidence and technology available to warrant taking immediate steps to reduce exposure of consumers to cell-phone-related electromagnetic radiation

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5203-5206

  Khurana, Vini G ^a   Moulder, John E ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PHONE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLIOMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; SAFETY;

CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 56749177692     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3013548     Document Type: Review

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