Induced current measurements in whole body exposure condition to radio frequency electric fields

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 560-567

  Wilén, Jonna ^a   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^a   Paulsson, Lars Erik ^b   Anger, Gert ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Current probes; Grounded; Humans; ICNIRP guidelines; Parallel plate meters; Ungrounded

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; IONIZING RADIATION; PROBES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO WAVES;

CURRENT PROBE; EXPOSED TO; GROUNDED; HUMAN; ICNIRP GUIDELINE; INDUCED CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; PARALLEL PLATE METER; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELD; UNGROUNDED; WHOLE-BODY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SHOE;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RADIO WAVES; SHOES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0035655143     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.84     Document Type: Article

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