Occupational exposure assessment for power frequency electromagnetic fields

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 151-175

  Farag, A S ^a   Dawoud, M M ^a   Cheng, T C ^b   Cheng, Jason S ^c  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Exposure; Low frequency; Occupational

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040887693     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-7796(98)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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