Magnetic Fields Produced by Hand Held Hair Dryers, Stereo Headsets, Home Sewing Machines, and Electric Clocks

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-25

  Kaune, W T ^a,d   Miller, M C ^a   Linet, M S ^b   Hatch, E E ^b   Kleinerman, R A ^b   Wacholder, S ^b   Mohr, A H ^b   Tarone, R E ^b   Halnes, C ^c  

^a EM Factors   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appliances; ELF; Exposure assessment; Residential; Television sets; VLF

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DRYERS (EQUIPMENT); MAGNETIC FIELDS;

AMBIENTS; APPLIANCE; ELF; ELF MAGNETIC FIELDS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HAIRDRYERS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; RESIDENTIAL; TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGES; VLF;

TELEVISION RECEIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC APPLIANCE; ELECTRIC CLOCK; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR DRYER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTHER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEWING MACHINE; STEREO HEADSET; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER; WAVEFORM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETISM; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETICS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036356593     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.94     Document Type: Conference Paper

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