Inter-laboratory comparison of numerical dosimetry for human exposure to 60 Hz electric and magnetic fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-174

  Stuchly, M A ^a   Gandhi, O P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Computations; Dosimetry; ELF; Inter laboratory comparison; Modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORIES;

ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELF; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; MODELING; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL DOSIMETRY;

TISSUE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MAGNETISM; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MAGNETICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034164445     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(200004)21:3<167::AID-BEM3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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