Electric field and current density distributions induced in an anatomically-based model of the human head by magnetic fields from a hair dryer

Health Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 71-79

  Tofani, S ^a   Ossola, P ^a   D'Amore G ^a   Gandhi, O P ^b  

^a Laboratorio di Sanità Pubblica ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Body; Dosimetry; Electromagnetic fields; Nonionizing radiation; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAD; IMPEDANCE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HUMAN; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028814143     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: 15385159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199501000-00009     Document Type: Article

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