A Survey of Electric and Magnetic Fields Among VDT Operators in Offices

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 394-397

  Wall, Stig ^b   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OFFICE AUTOMATION; PERSONNEL;

EQUIVALENT SURFACE POTENTIAL; OFFICE ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY;

EID: 0027644680     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: 1558187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.277319     Document Type: Article

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