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Possible Health Effects of Exposure to Residential Electric and Magnetic Fields (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 338-341

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From page 338...
... @ CI Confidence interval, 95% CI, if not otherwise specified CIRRPC Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination coulomb (CJ Unit of electric charge, the charge carried by a single electron is 1.6 H 10-~9 C cpm Counts per minute equation here Electric flux density, or displacement vector; its units are coulomb per square meter 338
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From page 339...
... Hertz (Hz) The SI unit of frequency, 1 Hz = see-i heterogeneous Composed of components of different kinds HIOMT Hydroxyindole-O-methyltransferase homogeneous Composed of components of like kind impedance The equivalent of electric resistance in an ac circuit element that determines the flow of current in vitro Meaning Aoutside the living body, @ as measured in tissue or cell culture in viva Meaning Ain the living organism,@ as measured in animals isotropic Having one or more properties that are independent of direction; independent of angle fun Cellular early-response gene
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... Quotient of the risk in exposed to risk in unexposed individuals Ems Root mean square; the rms value of x is Boxy SCE Sister chromatic exchanges semipartite thoracic centra Primordial ossification points within the thoracic vertebra Sl SystPme International; internationally adopted system of units, such as the meter, kilogram, coulomb, and second F Volume conductivity soma The body of an organism, or the body of a nerve cell sternebra Primordial sternum of the embryo terata Abnormalities in the developing or newborn fetus tesla (T) Tesla, an SI unit of magnetic flux density; 1 T = 104 G
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... . points ln space VLF Very low frequency, common designation for the frequency range from 3 Hz to 3 kHz volt (V)
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