Outdoor characterization of radio frequency electromagnetic fields in a Spanish birth cohort

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 136-143

  Calvente, I ^a,b   Fernandez M F ^a,b,c   Perez Lobato R ^a   Davila Arias C ^a   Ocon O ^a   Ramos, R ^a   Rios Arrabal S ^a,b   Villalba Moreno, J ^c   Olea, N ^a,b,c   Nunez M I ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure assessment method; Non ionizing radiation; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHILD; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WINTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; MALE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

SPAIN;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIO WAVES; SPAIN;

EID: 84922971636     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.12.013     Document Type: Article

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