Possible overexposure of pregnant women to emissions from a walk through metal detector

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5735-5748

  Wu, Dagang ^a   Qiang, Rui ^a   Chen, Ji ^a   Seidman, Seth ^b   Witters, Donald ^b   Kainz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

FETUS MODELS; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE); SAFETY EVALUATIONS; WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTORS (WTMD);

METAL DETECTORS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE DOSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALK THROUGH METAL DETECTOR;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECURITY MEASURES;

EID: 34748900104     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/19/001     Document Type: Article

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