Design of an ecological momentary assessment study of exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields and non-specific physical symptoms

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bogers, Rik P ^a   Bolte, John F B ^a   Houtveen, Jan H ^b   Lebret, Erik ^a,c   Van Strien, Rob T ^d   Schipper, C Maarten A ^a   Alkadhimi, Mehdi ^a   Baliatsas, Christos ^a,c   Van Kamp, Irene ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; NOISE POLLUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 84885353101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002933     Document Type: Article

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