Experimental validation of a statistical model for evaluating the past or future magnetic field exposures of a population living near power lines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 374-379

  Turgeon, Alain ^a,c   Bourdages, Michel ^a   Levallois, Patrick ^b   Gauvin, Denis ^b   Gingras, Suzanne ^b   Deadman, Jan Erik ^a   Goulet, Daniel L ^a   Plante, Michel ^a  

^a HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Hydro Québec ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

60 Hz; Ambient; ELF; Epidemiology; House magnetic field

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

60 HZ; AMBIENTS; ELF; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FIELD EXPOSURE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HOUSE MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC-FIELD; POWER LINES; STATISTIC MODELING;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042782724     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20002     Document Type: Article

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