Comparison of electric fields induced in humans and rodents by 60-Hz contact currents

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 744-753

  Dawson, Trevor W ^a   Caputa, Krzysztof ^a   Stuchly, Maria A ^a   Kavet, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Contact currents; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

CONTACT CURRENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RAT;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIOMETRY; RATS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; THORAX; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0038613463     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2003.812165     Document Type: Article

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