Therapeutic staff exposure to magnetic field pulses during TMS/rTMS treatments

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-158

  Karlström, Eduardo Figueroa ^a   Lundström, Ronnie ^c   Stensson, Olle ^a   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Pulsed magnetic fields; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; FIELD EXPOSURE; LOCALISED; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MAGNETIC-FIELD PULSE; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULSED MAGNETIC FIELDS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEPOLARIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RADIATION DOSE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33644848828     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20194     Document Type: Article

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