Comparison of Residential Power-Frequency Magnetic Fields Away from Appliances in Different Countries

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 244-254

  Swanson, John ^a   Kaune, W T ^b  

^a NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

Author keywords

Background field; Exposures; Log normal distribution

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

AVERAGE FIELD; BACKGROUND FIELD; EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MEASUREMENTS OF; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POWER FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; META ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HOUSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETICS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032602572     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4<244::AID-BEM5>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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