Exposure of biological material to ultra-wideband electromagnetic pulses: Dosimetric implications

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 574-583

  Simicevic, Neven ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health effects; Radiation, medical; Radiation, nonionizing; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOPHYSICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34248361569     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000254844.75592.0c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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