A portable meter for measuring low frequency currents in the human body

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 369-373

  Niple, J C ^a   Daigle, J P ^a   Zaffanella, L E ^a   Sullivan, T ^b   Kavet, R ^c  

^a Enertech Consultants   (United States)

^b Persistor Instruments Inc ^*  (United States)

^c ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

50 60 Hz; Body impedance; Contact current; ELF; Exposure assessment

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; 50/60 HZ; BODY IMPEDANCES; CONTACT CURRENTS; CURRENT FLOWS; ELF; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN BODIES; LOW-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; LOWER FREQUENCIES;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 3042698149     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20000     Document Type: Article

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