Residential magnetic fields predicted from wiring configurations: I. Exposure model

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 399-413

  Bowman, Joseph D ^a   Thomas, Duncan C ^b   Jiang, Liangzhong ^b   Jiang, Feng ^b   Peters, John M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; ELF magnetic fields; Wire codes

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DISEASES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC WIRING; GEOMETRY; HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSURE MODELS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; LOS ANGELES; MAGNETIC FIELDS MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; WIRE CODE;

WIRE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETISM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORECASTING; HOUSING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; LOS ANGELES; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POWER PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033208618     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199910)20:7<399::AID-BEM1>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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