Use of short-term measurements for assessing temporal variability of residential ELF magnetic field exposure

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 372-377

  Eskelinen, Tuomo ^a   Niiranen, Juha ^a   Juutilainen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alternative indices; Maximum exposure; Sensitivity; Short term magnetic field; Specificity; Variability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERNAL WELFARE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCTION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0142240291     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500283     Document Type: Article

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