Managing potential health risks from electric powerlines: A decision analysis caught in controversy

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1487-1502

  Von Winterfeldt, Detlof ^a   Eppel, Thomas ^b   Adams, John ^c   Neutra, Raymond ^d   DelPizzo, Vincent ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MERRIMACK COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision analysis; Electric powerlines; Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TUMORS;

BRAIN CANCER; CALIFORNIA POWER GRID; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; ELECTRIC POWERLINES;

HEALTH RISKS;

CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH RISK; POWER LINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTER MODEL; COST; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; LEUKEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ACCIDENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11344292822     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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