Lessons from the California Electromagnetic Field Risk Assessment of 2002

The Role of Evidence in Risk Characterization: Making Sense of Conflicting Data

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 131-149

  Neutra, Raymond Richard ^a,b  

^a Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

California electromagnetic field risk assessment

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EID: 78650747716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622351.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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