Extremely low frequency magnetic field measurements in buildings with transformer stations in Switzerland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3364-3369

  Röösli, Martin ^a,b   Jenni, Daniela ^a,c   Kheifets, Leeka ^d   Mezei, Gabor ^e  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Exposure assessment; Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF MF); TRANSEXPO; Transformers

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; IN-BUILDINGS; KAPPA COEFFICIENT; SELECTION BIAS; SWITZERLAND; TRANSEXPO; TRANSFORMER STATIONS;

APARTMENT HOUSES; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RATING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWITZERLAND;

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79959729696     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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