Determinants of power-frequency magnetic fields in residences located away from overhead power lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 306-318

  Kavet, R ^a   Ulrich, R M ^b   Kaune, W T ^c   Johnson, G B ^d   Powers, T ^b  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Ulrich Associates Inc ^*  (United States)

^c EM Factors   (United States)

^d Power Research Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Ground current; Residential magnetic fields; Service drops; Wire codes

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DROPS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OVERHEAD LINES;

'CURRENT; CURRENT CONFIGURATION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GROUND CURRENTS; LOW CURRENTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; OVERHEAD POWER LINES; RESIDENTIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; SERVICE DROP; WIRE CODE;

WIRE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHILD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032616174     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:5<306::AID-BEM7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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