Magnetic fields from steel-belted radial tires: Implications for epidemiologic studies

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 440-445

  Milham, Samuel ^a   Hatfield, James B ^b   Tell, Richard ^c  

^a Hatfield Dawson Consult E ^*  (United States)

^b Hatfield Dawson Consult E   (United States)

^c Richard Tell Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile tires; Degaussing; Magnetic field exposure assessment; Steel belted radial tires; Tire generated alternating magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION VEHICLES; ROTATION RATE;

ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIELD EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MAGNETIC-FIELD; RADIAL TYRES; STEEL WIRE; STEEL-BELTED RADIAL TIRE; TIRE-GENERATED ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD;

RADIAL TIRES;

STEEL;

ARTICLE; CAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MAGNETISM; MOTOR VEHICLE; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AUTOMOBILES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MOTOR VEHICLES; ROTATION; STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033210702     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199910)20:7<440::AID-BEM5>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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