Electromagnetic fields and the precautionary principle

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kundi, Michael ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^b   Sage, Cindy ^c   Sobel, Eugene ^d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sage Associates Inc   (United States)

^d FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LETTER; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES;

EID: 74949112707     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901111     Document Type: Letter

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