Magnetic field exposure assessment: A comparison of various methods

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 487-496

  Schoenfeld, Elinor R ^a   Henderson, Kevin ^a   O'Leary, Erin ^a   Grimson, Roger ^a   Kaune, William ^b   Leske, M Cristina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EM Factors   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control studies; Electromagnetic fields; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Ground currents

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BREAST CANCER; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FIELD EXPOSURE; GROUND CURRENTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PILOT STUDIES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PILOT PROJECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033257905     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(199912)20:8<487::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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