[低周波電界と磁界の理解] risk

Lay understanding of low-frequency electric and magnetic fields

リスク認知

• risk estimation
• risk knowledge
• decision making

影響評価項目

• development of a simple "mental model" of what people minimally need to know to make informed decisions about field-related issues and investigations to how and to what extent respondents of various groups understand physical properties of 60-Hz electric and magnetic fields

ばく露

• • 50/60 Hz (AC)
  • 電界
  • 磁界
• • 送電線
  • 電気毛布
  • その他の家庭電気機器

調査対象集団

46 residents of Pittsburgh area (USA), 41 blue-collar worker, 38 engineering students, 40 utility representatives filled in the first questionnaire; 36 lay people, 42 utility representatives, 17 MBA students filled in the second questionnaire.

Replication studies

• Read D et al. (1998): [高電圧送電線からの磁界強度の距離依存性について公衆に情報提供する様々な方法の有効性]