Organ dosimetry for human exposure to non-uniform 60-Hz magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1234-1239

  Dawson, T W ^a,b   Caputa, K ^a   Stuchly, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b IEEE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONUNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS; ORGAN DOSIMETRY; UNDERGROUND VAULT;

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

CURRENT DENSITY;

EID: 0033207981     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.796212     Document Type: Article

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