Epidemiological evidence for a health risk from mobile phone base stations

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-267

  Khurana, Vini G ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^b   Everaert, Joris ^c   Bortkiewicz, Alicja ^d   Carlberg, Michael ^b   Ahonen, Mikko ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Base stations; Electromagnetic field (EMF); Electromagnetic radiation; Epidemiology; Health effects; Mobile phone; Radiofrequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOBILE PHONE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955706502     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2010.16.3.263     Document Type: Article

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