Perception of health risks of electromagnetic fields by MRI radiographers and airport security officers compared to the general Dutch working population: A cross sectional analysis

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Van Dongen, Diana ^a   Smid, Tjabe ^a,b   Timmermans, Daniëlle R M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KLM Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

concerns; MRI radiographers; occupational exposure; risk perception; security officers

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK PERCEPTION; SECURITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL DETECTOR; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; AIRPORT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; AIRPORTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84855323743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-95     Document Type: Article

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