Exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (100 kHz-2 GHz) in extremadura (Spain)

Health Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 739-745

  Rufo, M Montaña ^a   Paniagua, Jesús M ^b   Jiménez, Antonio ^b   Antolín, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

electromagnetic fields; exposure, population; exposure, radiofrequency; radiation, non ionizing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

CITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; SPAIN;

EID: 80455124081     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31821fd1ec     Document Type: Article

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