Characterization of indoor extremely low frequency and low frequency electromagnetic fields in the INMAGranada cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Calvente, Irene ^a,b   Dávila Arias, Cristina ^b   Ocón Hernández, Olga ^b   Pérez Lobato, Rocío ^a,b   Ramos, Rosa ^b   Artacho Cordón, Francisco ^a   Olea, Nicolás ^a,c   Núñez, María Isabel ^a   Fernández, Mariana F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; SPAIN;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SPAIN;

EID: 84906993101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106666     Document Type: Article

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