Effects Function Simulation of Residential Appliance Field Exposures

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-124

  Zhang, Jun ^a   Nair, Indira ^b   Morgan, M Granger ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appliances; Effects functions; Exposure; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TIME SERIES;

APPLIANCE; AVERAGE FIELD; EFFECT FUNCTIONS; EXPOSURE; FIELD CHANGE; FIELD EXPOSURE; FIELD STRENGTHS; LOW FIELD; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SYNTHESISED;

CLOCKS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0030624421     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1997)18:2<116::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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