Exposure of Children to Residential Magnetic Fields in Norway: Is Proximity to Power Lines an Adequate Predictor of Exposure?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-57

  Vistnes, Arnt Inge ^a   Ramberg, Gro B ^a,b   Bjørnevik, Lars Rune ^a,b   Tynes, Tore ^c   Haldorsen, Tor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b STATNETT SF   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure calculations; Exposure surrogates; Home appliances; School exposure; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CURRENT LOADS; EXPOSURE CALCULATION; EXPOSURE SURROGATE; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POWER LINES; PREDICTORS OF EXPOSURES; SCHOOL EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TRANSMISSION-LINE;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; NORWAY; SCHOOL;

CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; NORWAY; SCHOOLS;

EID: 0030639133     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:1<47::aid-bem8>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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