Magnetic Field from Spot Welding Equipment - Is the Basic Restriction Exceeded?

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 278-284

  Nadeem, Mohammad ^a   Hamnerius, Yngve ^a   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^b,c   Persson, Mikael ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ICNIRP guidelines; Induced current density; Man model; Reference level

Indexed keywords

BASIC RESTRICTIONS; ICNIRP GUIDELINE; INDUCED CURRENT DENSITY; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAN MODEL; MEASUREMENTS OF; POINT MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE LEVELS; SPOT-WELDING MACHINE; WELDING EQUIPMENT;

SPOT WELDING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; MACHINE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; WELDING;

EID: 2342631116     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10197     Document Type: Article

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