On the method of investigating human exposure to nonuniform magnetic field

IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Yamazaki, Kenichi ^a   Kawamoto, Tadashi ^a   Fujinami, Hideo ^a   Shigemitsu, Tsukasa ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry ^*

Author keywords

Anatomically correct human model; ELF magnetic field; Guidelines; Impedance method; Induced current

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ANATOMICALLY CORRECT HUMAN MODEL; COMPLIANCE TESTING; GUIDELINES; INDUCED CURRENT; INDUCTION FACTOR;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 34047275914     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.127.239     Document Type: Article

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