Comparison of Three Different Ways of Measuring Distances between Residences and High Voltage Power Lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-291

  Blaasaas, Karl Gerhard ^a,b   Tynes, Tore ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Electronically calculated distances; GIS measurement; Map distances; Measurement validation

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

DISTANCE DATUM; ELECTRONICALLY CALCULATED DISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM MEASUREMENT; HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER LINE; MAP DISTANCE; MEASUREMENT VALIDATION; MEASURING DISTANCES; SYSTEM MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST CONTROL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC FIELD; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036580670     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10024     Document Type: Article

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