Pre- and post-natal exposure of children to EMF generated by domestic induction cookers

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6149-6160

  Kos, Bor ^a   Valič, Blaž ^b   Miklačvič, Damijan ^a   Kotnik, Tadej ^a   Gajšek, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Non Ionizing Radiation   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOKING APPLIANCES; CURRENT LOOP; E-FIELD; INDUCTION COOKER; LOW FREQUENCY; NUMERICAL MODELS; PREGNANT WOMAN; WHOLE BODY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DOMESTIC APPLIANCES;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD; TIME; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY BURDEN; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOKING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 80053192521     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/19/001     Document Type: Article

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