Power quality affects teacher wellbeing and student behavior in three Minnesota Schools

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Havas, Magda ^a   Olstad, Angela ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Melrose Mindoro Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit disorder (ADD); Dirty electricity; Electrohypersensitivity; Electromagnetic fields (EMF); Power quality; Radio frequency radiation (RFR)

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERSONNEL; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; WAVE FILTERS;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER (ADD); DIRTY ELECTRICITY; ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF); ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; FLUORESCENT LIGHTS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; MINNESOTA; POWER LINES; RADIO FREQUENCY RADIATION (RFR); SCHOOL STUDENTS; SKIN IRRITATIONS; STUDENT BEHAVIORS; WELLBEING;

POWER QUALITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH IMPACT; LEARNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; POWER GENERATION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; DEPRESSION; ELECTRICITY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; EYE DISEASE; FLUSHING; HEADACHE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MIDDLE SCHOOL; MOOD CHANGE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; WEAKNESS; WELLBEING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FACULTY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PLACEBOS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48849091388     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.046     Document Type: Article

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