Comparison between personal exposure to 60 Hz magnetic fields and stationary home measurements for people living near and away from a 735 kV power line

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 331-337

  Levallois, Patrick ^a   Gauvin, Denis ^a   Gingras, Suzanne ^a   St Laurent, Josée ^a  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

High voltage transmission line; Magnetic fields; Residential exposure

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HOUSING;

BIO-ELECTROMAGNETICS; HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINES; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POWER LINES; RESIDENTIAL EXPOSURE; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; WORKERS';

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0033192630     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199909)20:6<331::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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