Electromagnetic fields in the home

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-89

  Farag, A S ^a   Dawoud, M M ^a   Selim, S Z ^a   Cheng, T C ^b   Marcus, A M ^c   Penn, D ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiological survey; Exposure

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC WIRING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

MAGNETIC FLUX;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0032071491     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7796(97)01224-8     Document Type: Article

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