Improved classification of evidence for EMF health risks

Health Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Leitgeb, Norbert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

analysis risk; electromagnetic fields; risk communication; risk estimates

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NOMENCLATURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863308010     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31825aa453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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