Apartment electrical wiring: A cause of extremely low frequency magnetic field exposure in residential areas

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 238-241

  Moriyama, Kosei ^a   Yoshitomi, Kuniaki ^b  

^a FUKUOKA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current path detection; Three way switch

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; CURRENT PATH DETECTION; CURRENT PATHS; ELECTRICAL WIRING; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD EXPOSURE; LIVING SPACES; PATH DETECTIONS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; THREE-WAY SWITCH;

FLOORS;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16244369735     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20099     Document Type: Article

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