Idiopathic Environmental Intolerance Attributed to Electromagnetic Fields: A Content Analysis of British Newspaper Reports

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Eldridge Thomas, Buffy ^a   Rubin, G James ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; IDIOPATHIC ENVIRONMENTAL INTOLERANCE ATTRIBUTED TO ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84879048410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065713     Document Type: Article

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