Mobile phone base stations and adverse health effects: Phase 1 of a population-based, cross-sectional study in Germany

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-123

  Blettner, M ^a   Schlehofer, B ^b   Breckenkamp, J ^c   Kowall, B ^c   Schmiedel, S ^e   Reis, U ^d   Potthoff, P ^d   Schuz J ^e   Berg Beckhoff, G ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TNS Heath Care GmbH   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIO WAVES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59049102332     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037721     Document Type: Article

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