Association of residential magnetic fields with contact voltage

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 530-536

  Kavet, Robert ^a   Zaffanella, Luciano E ^b   Pearson, Robert L ^c   Dallapiazza, John ^c  

^a ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Enertech Consultants   (United States)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact current; Exposure assessment; Leukemia; Power lines

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FIXTURES (TOOLING); HOUSING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CODE REQUIREMENTS; CONTACT CURRENTS; CONTACT VOLTAGE; ELECTRICAL SERVICES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GROUND RETURN; LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE; POWER LINES;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; AVERAGE SPOT MEASURED MAGNETIC FIELD; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CONTACT CURRENT; CONTACT VOLTAGE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPOSURE; GEOLOGY; HOME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; POWER LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL MAGNETIC FIELD; STANDARD; TUBE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; US NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE; WATER LINE TO EARTH VOLTAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 7044271165     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20033     Document Type: Article

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