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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 139, No. 1: 58-63
Copyright © 1994 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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Depressive Symptomatology in Women and Residential Proximity to High-Voltage Transmission Lines

Shari McMahan1,, Jonathon Ericson1 and Jon'a Meyer2

1 Department of Environmental Health, School of Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, CA.
2 Department of Criminal Justice, New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM.

Reprint requests to Dr. Shari McMahan, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717

A number of epidemiologic studies indicate an association between depression and proximity to high-voltage transmission lines. These studies have been criticized, however, for using surrogate measures of electromagnetic fields and unstandardized measures of depression. In an effort to overcome these limitations, the authors administered the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale (CES-D) in 1992 to 152 women in Orange County, California, who lived either adjacent to a transmission line or one block away. The results indicated that the average magnetic field level is 4.86 mG at the front door of homes adjacent to transmission lines and 0.68 mG at the front door of homes one block away. There was no significant difference in CES-D scores between the groups when demographic variables were controlled for. The homogeneity of the study population may limit the generalizability of findings. Am J Epidemiol 1994;139:58–63.

depression; electromagnetic fields; women


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