Trends in residential exposure to electromagnetic fields from 2006 to 2009

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 384-391

  Tomitsch, J ^a   Dechant, E ^a  

^a Lower Austrian Landesakademie European Center for Environmental Medicine   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; POWER SUPPLY; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84861562997     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr325     Document Type: Article

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