Magnetic field characteristics of electric bed-heating devices

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-179

  Wilson, Bary W ^a   Lee, Geraldine M ^b   Yost, Michael G ^c   Davis, Karl C ^a   Heimbigner, Tom ^a   Buschbom, Ray L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric blanket; ELF; Magnetic field dosimetry; Magnetic field exposure; Water bed heater

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXPOSURE METERS;

ELECTRIC BLANKETS; ELF; FIELD EXPOSURE; FLUX DENSITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD CHARACTERISTIC; MAGNETIC FIELD DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; WATER-BED HEATER;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; BED; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEATING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BEDS; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEATING; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030328917     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:3<174::AID-BEM2>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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