Practical aspects of occupational EMF exposure assessment

Environmentalist

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-531

  Karpowicz, Jolanta ^a   Gryz, Krzysztof ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

EMF exposure; Exposure assessment; Measurements; Numerical calculations; Work place

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 35348863019     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9067-y     Document Type: Article

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