The electromagnetic environment of hospitals: How it is affected by the strength of electromagnetic fields generated both inside and outside the hospital

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-217

  Hanada, Eisuke ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric power supplies; Electromagnetic fields; Equipment and supplies; Hospital

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DESIGN; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; JAPAN; MAGNETISM; POWER SUPPLY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITALS; JAPAN; MAGNETICS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; STEEL;

EID: 35348988741     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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