Residential exposure to radiofrequency fields from mobile phone base stations, and broadcast transmitters: A population-based survey with personal meter

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 550-556

  Viel, Jean François ^a,e   Clerc, S ^a   Barrera, C ^a   Rymzhanova, R ^a   Moissonnier, M ^b   Hours, M ^c   Cardis, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c University Lyon   (France)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^e Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 68149160213     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.044180     Document Type: Article

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