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Public responses to precautionary information from the Department of Health (UK) about possible health risks from mobile phones

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  • Barnett, Julie
  • Timotijevic, Lada
  • Shepherd, Richard
  • Senior, Victoria

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  • Barnett, Julie & Timotijevic, Lada & Shepherd, Richard & Senior, Victoria, 2007. "Public responses to precautionary information from the Department of Health (UK) about possible health risks from mobile phones," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 82(2), pages 240-250, July.
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    4. Liesbeth Claassen & Ann Bostrom & Danielle R.M. Timmermans, 2016. "Focal points for improving communications about electromagnetic fields and health: a mental models approach," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(2), pages 246-269, February.
    5. Frederik Freudenstein & Luis M. Correia & Carla Oliveira & Daniel Sebastião & Peter M. Wiedemann, 2015. "Exposure Knowledge and Perception of Wireless Communication Technologies," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, November.
    6. Christoph Boehmert & Peter Wiedemann & Jonathon Pye & Rodney Croft, 2017. "The Effects of Precautionary Messages about Electromagnetic Fields from Mobile Phones and Base Stations Revisited: The Role of Recipient Characteristics," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(3), pages 583-597, March.
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    8. Ellen Van Kleef & Arnout R. H. Fischer & Moin Khan & Lynn J. Frewer, 2010. "Risk and Benefit Perceptions of Mobile Phone and Base Station Technology in Bangladesh," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(6), pages 1002-1015, June.

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