• DocumentCode
    1215145
  • Title

    Community Fear of Nonionizing Radiation: A Field Investigation

  • Author

    Daley, Michael L. ; Morton, William E. ; Chartier, Vernon ; Zajac, Herbert ; Benitez, Henry

  • Author_Institution
    Engineering Laboratory, Division of Neurosurgery, Oregon Health Sciences University
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1985
  • fDate
    3/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    246
  • Lastpage
    248
  • Abstract
    Four children from the same school class developed cancer. Because of concern in the community, a field study designed to document levels of environmental, nonionizing radiation was undertaken. Two school sites were investigated, the one with the cluster of cases and the other without known cases of cancer. The measured values of nonionizing radiation at both sites were not different and were well below existing exposure standards.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical measurements; Cancer; Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Educational institutions; Heart; Histograms; Humans; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Air Pollutants; Air Pollutants, Radioactive; Child; Fear; Humans; Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced; Oregon; Public Opinion; Radiation Monitoring; Radiation, Nonionizing; Schools; Suburban Population; Washington;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1985.325538
  • Filename
    4122035