Interaction of low-frequency electric and magnetic fields with the human body

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 643-663

  Stuchly, Maria A ^a   Dawson, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human dosimetry; Induced electric field; Numerical modeling; Power line

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646938770     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.849161     Document Type: Article

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