Children's health and RF EMF exposure. Views from a risk assessment and risk communication perspective

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 161, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 226-232

  Wiedemann, Peter ^a   Schütz, Holger ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Mobile telephony; Risk; Risk communication; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD HEALTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC OPINION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960067163     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: 1563258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-011-0881-y     Document Type: Review

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