Determinants and stability over time of perception of health risks related to mobile phone base stations

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-743

  Kowall, Bernd ^a,b   Breckenkamp, Jürgen ^a   Blettner, Maria ^c   Schlehofer, Brigitte ^d   Schüz, Joachim ^e   Berg Beckhoff, Gabriele ^a,f  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attribution; Depression; Electromagnetic fields; Mobile phone base stations; Risk perception; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CELLULAR PHONE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864065977     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-011-0310-4     Document Type: Article

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