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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-2
pubmed:abstractText
Recent interest in the transient magnetic field events produced by electrical switching events in residential and occupational environments has been kindled by the possibility that these fields may explain observed associations between childhood cancer and wire codes. This paper reports the results of a study in which the rate of occurrence of magnetic field events with 2-200 kHz frequency content were measured over 24 h or longer periods in 156 U.S. residences. A dual-channel meter was developed for the study that, during 20 s contiguous intervals of time, counted the number of events with peak 2-200 kHz magnetic fields exceeding thresholds of 3. 3 nT and 33 nT. Transient activity exhibited a distinct diurnal rhythm similar to that followed by power frequency magnetic fields in residences. Homes that were electrically grounded to a conductive water system that extended into the street and beyond, had higher levels of 33 nT channel transient activity. Homes located in rural surroundings had less 33 nT transient activity than homes in suburban/urban areas. Finally, while transient activity was perhaps somewhat elevated in homes with OLCC, OHCC, and VHCC wire codes relative to homes with underground (UG) and VLCC codes, the elevation was the smallest in VHCC and the largest in OLCC homes. This result does not provide much support for the hypothesis that transient magnetic fields are the underlying exposure that explains the associations, observed in several epidemiologic studies, between childhood cancer and residence in homes with VHCC, but not OLCC and OHCC, wire codes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0197-8462
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-213
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Circadian Rhythm, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Confidence Intervals, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Electric Conductivity, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Electric Wiring, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Electricity, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Electromagnetic Fields, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Environmental Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Housing, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Industry, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Magnetics, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Suburban Population, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-United States, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Urban Population, pubmed-meshheading:10723020-Water Supply
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Rate of occurrence of transient magnetic field events in U.S. residences.
pubmed:affiliation
EM Factors, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't