Alternative magnetic field exposure metrics: Occupational measurements in trolley workers

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-106

  Yost, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; DRIVER; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0032938987     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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