Magnetic fields from domestic appliances in the UK

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-76

  Preece, A W ^a   Kaune, W ^b   Grainger, P ^a   Preece, S ^c   Golding, J ^c  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b E M Factors   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOME; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; COOKERY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031033171     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/004     Document Type: Article

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