Currents induced in the human body for exposure to ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 174-180

  Gandhi, O P ^a   Furse, Cynthia M ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONVOLUTION TECHNIQUE; DEBYE EQUATIONS; HUMAN BODY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 0031143884     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/15.584941     Document Type: Article

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