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Title: Magnetic field exposure among utility workers

Abstract

The Electric and Magnetic Field Measurement Project for Utilities -- the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Electric and Magnetic Field Digital Exposure (EMDEX) Project (the EPRI EMDEX Project) -- was a multifaceted project that entailed technology transfer, measurement protocol design, data management, and exposure assessment analyses. This paper addresses one specific objective of the project: the collection, analysis, and documentation of power-frequency magnetic filed exposures for a diverse population of utility employees at 59 sites in four countries between September, 1988, and September, 1989. Specially designed sampling procedures and data collection protocols were used to ensure uniform implementation across sites. Volunteers within 13 job classifications recorded which of eight work or three nonwork environments they occupied while wearing an EMDEX meter. Approximately 50,000 hours of magnetic field exposure records taken at 10 s intervals were obtained, about 70% of which were from work environments. Exposures and time spent in environments were analyzed by primary work environment, by occupied environment, and by job classification.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. T. Dan Bracken, Inc., Portland, OR (United States)
  2. Applied Research Services, Inc., Lake Oswego, OR (United States)
  3. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
  4. Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
99409
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Bioelectromagnetics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 16; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, APPLIED STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE

Citation Formats

Bracken, T D, Senior, R S, Rankin, R F, Alldredge, J R, and Sussman, S S. Magnetic field exposure among utility workers. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.1002/bem.2250160403.
Bracken, T D, Senior, R S, Rankin, R F, Alldredge, J R, & Sussman, S S. Magnetic field exposure among utility workers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.2250160403
Bracken, T D, Senior, R S, Rankin, R F, Alldredge, J R, and Sussman, S S. 1995. "Magnetic field exposure among utility workers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.2250160403.
@article{osti_99409,
title = {Magnetic field exposure among utility workers},
author = {Bracken, T D and Senior, R S and Rankin, R F and Alldredge, J R and Sussman, S S},
abstractNote = {The Electric and Magnetic Field Measurement Project for Utilities -- the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Electric and Magnetic Field Digital Exposure (EMDEX) Project (the EPRI EMDEX Project) -- was a multifaceted project that entailed technology transfer, measurement protocol design, data management, and exposure assessment analyses. This paper addresses one specific objective of the project: the collection, analysis, and documentation of power-frequency magnetic filed exposures for a diverse population of utility employees at 59 sites in four countries between September, 1988, and September, 1989. Specially designed sampling procedures and data collection protocols were used to ensure uniform implementation across sites. Volunteers within 13 job classifications recorded which of eight work or three nonwork environments they occupied while wearing an EMDEX meter. Approximately 50,000 hours of magnetic field exposure records taken at 10 s intervals were obtained, about 70% of which were from work environments. Exposures and time spent in environments were analyzed by primary work environment, by occupied environment, and by job classification.},
doi = {10.1002/bem.2250160403},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/99409}, journal = {Bioelectromagnetics},
number = 4,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
}