Human perception of electric fields and ion currents associated with high-voltage DC transmission lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-241

  Blondin, Jean Pierre ^a   Nguyen, Duc Hai ^b   Sbeghen, Julie ^b   Goulet, Daniel ^b   Cardinal, Claude ^b   Maruvada, P Sarma ^b   Plante, Michel ^b   Bailey, William H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Environmental guidelines; Exposure chamber; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION;

D.C. ELECTRIC FIELDS; DC FIELD; DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES; EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; FIELD CURRENTS; HIGH-VOLTAGES; ION CURRENT DENSITY; ION CURRENTS; PSYCHOPHYSIC;

IONS;

ION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR IONIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0030345270     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1996)17:3<230::aid-bem9>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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