Static fields: Biological effects and mechanisms relevant to exposure limits

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 584-590

  Van Rongen, Eric ^a   Saunders, Richard D ^b   Van Deventer, Emilie T ^c   Repacholi, Michael H ^c  

^a Health Council of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological indicators; Electromagnetic fields; Electrostatic field; Magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34248384861     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000232776.94463.c4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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