Children and adults exposed to low-frequency magnetic fields at the ICNIRP reference levels: Theoretical assessment of the induced electric fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1815-1829

  Bakker, J F ^a   Paulides, M M ^a   Neufeld, E ^b   Christ, A ^b   Chen, X L ^b   Kuster, N ^b,c   Van Rhoon, G C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ANATOMICAL MODELS; ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATIONS; GENERAL PUBLICS; GRID DISCRETIZATION; HUMAN BODIES; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION; LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUMERICAL MODELING; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; PEAK ELECTRIC FIELD; PEAK VALUES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REFERENCE LEVELS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SCALAR POTENTIAL; SPATIAL AVERAGING; STANDING POSTURE; SUFFICIENT SET; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS; UNCERTAINTY LIMITS;

BIOMAGNETISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TISSUE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 84863385056     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/7/1815     Document Type: Article

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