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... , 338 per square meter, 339 Analgesia mediation effects, 92 Animal experiments, 7, 40-44, 73-106 applicability to humans, 75-76, 194 mammalian, 83-89 nonmammalian, 82-83, 87-88 347 Anisotropies, 51 defined, 338 Anti-CD3 antibody, 60-61 Appliances, electric, 1, 4, 11, 16-17, 29-31 fields associated with, 12-13, 29-30, 50, 171, 176-179, 183-184, 204, 255, 295 Artifacts. See Experimental artifacts, potential ATPase activity, 61 Attenuation, field, 4, 58 B Baboons, studies of, 240, 253 Behavioral effects, 3, 7, 10, 13-14, 73-74, 90-94, 185- 189, 238-239 from electric fields, 90-91, 247 from magnetic fields, 91-93, 244-247 Bias, 126, 147.
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... See Electric blankets Blood melatonin concentration effects. See Melatonin concentration effects Bones See also Skeletal anomalies cell biology of, 108-109 electromagnetic properties of, 109-110 Bone density, enhancing, 109 Bone healing, 2, 6, 8, 53, 71-72, 74, 106115 appliances for, 111 possible mechanisms of, 112, 115 research needs, 207 Brain tumors, 169, 172, 177-179, 195, 279 in adults, 171, 180-181 in children, 269-271 Breast cancer, 179, 181, 223-225 in animals, 7, 73, 81, 116, 193, 208 Building codes, 2 C C
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... See Toxicologic studies Copulatory behavior reduced in animals, 84, 227 Cost factors. See Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
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... See Coupled fields; Electric fields; Electromagnetic fields (EMF) ; Independent fields; Induced fields and currents; Magnetic fields; Rotating fields; Spatially-varying fields; Time varying fields; Unchanging fields Fish, studies of, 82-83, 228 Fixed-effects model, 136- 137 Fluorescent lights, 33 Flux density.
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... See Chemicals, hazardous Headaches, 187-189 Health effects. See Behavioral effects; Cancer; Central nervous system effects; Developmental studies; Disease; Learning disabilities; Reproductive studies Heating, electric.
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... model, 70-71 Ion pump activity, 61 Ionizing radiation, 12 absorbed dose of, 339 Isotropic, defied, 339 J Joule, 339 jun, 53, 64, 339 L Laboratory studies, 15, 204-208 Leading edge, 24 Learning disabilities, 10, 13-14, 185 Lethality, acute. See Toxicologic studies Leukemia, 169, 172, 195, 223, 279 in adults, 126, 162, 171, 177, 179-181 in children, 2-3, 11, 25, 117-118, 122 123, 126-146, 160-163, 174, 178, 197, 255-257, 266-268 Light, velocity of, 12 Long-term average measurements.
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... National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) , 18, 129, 134 Neoplastic transformations, 216 Nerve stimulation, 13 Nerve tissue electric activity, 4-5 Nervous system tumors, 134 Neurobehavioral effects.
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... See Toxicologic studies Representativeness of cases, 147-152 of controls, 152-154 Reproductive studies, 1, 3, 10, 14, 73, 8290, 181-185, 199, 226-237. See also Toxicologic studies birth defects, 182 fetal growth retardation, 183, 229 low birth weight, 226 premature termination of pregnancy, 14, 182, 226-227, 231 Research needs, 193, 197, 200-208 Residential exposures, 1, 5, 28-33, 36-40, 53, 108, 117-118, 126-127, 156-158, 182-183, 287-301.
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... See Unchanging fields Sternebra, 340 Streaming potential, 341 Stress responses, 103-104, 338 Subchronic toxicity. See Toxicologic studies Substations, 32.
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... See Risk assessment Wire codes, 3, 22, 36-40, 117-118, 127-176, 184, 195-198, 287-301, 255-257, 341 low-current configuration, 138, 142 and distance, 139, 142-143 refinements in, 170-171, 296 reliability issues ("wire-code paradox") , 37-38, 156, 165-170, 299-300 research needs, 202-203, 205-206 Wiring.
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Key Terms

  • magnetic fields
  • reliability issues
  • electric fields
  • melatonin concentration
  • concentration effects

  • electromagnetic fields
  • flux density
  • distribution lines
  • toxicologic studies
  • power lines

  • reproductive studies
  • average measurements
  • free space
  • calcium concentrations
  • behavioral effects

  • myelogenous leukemia
  • protein kinase
  • ornithine decarboxylase
  • wire codes
  • exposure assessment

  • skeletal anomalies
  • home wiring
  • breast cancer
  • unchanging fields
  • electric heating

  • information bias
  • bone healing
  • transmission lines
  • extremely low
  • induced fields


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