Survey of residential extremely-low-frequency magnetic field exposure among children in Taiwan

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-238

  Li, Chung Yi ^a   Mezei, Gabor ^b   Sung, Fung Chang ^c   Silva, Michael ^b   Chen, Pei Chun ^d   Lee, Pei Chen ^a   Chen, Li Mei ^a  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Extremely low frequency; Magnetic field; Measurement; Power lines

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; POWER LINES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POWER LINE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; TAIWAN; TECHNIQUE;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; TAIWAN;

EID: 33845629408     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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