Cancer risks in the Druze Isifya Village: Reasons and RF/MW antennas

Pathophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Atzmon, Iris ^a   Linn, Shai ^a,b   Richter, Elihu ^c   Portnov, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agrochemicals; Cancer; Electronics; Microwave radiation; Retrospective study; RF MW transmitters

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 84857458989     PISSN: 09284680     EISSN: 1873149X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pathophys.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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