Simplified Dosimetry for Human Exposure to Non-uniform ELF Magnetic Field

IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 571-576

  Yamazaki, Kenichi ^a   Kawamoto, Tadashi ^a   Fujinami, Hideo ^a   Shigemitsu, Tsukasa ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELF magnetic field; guideline; induced current; non uniform magnetic field

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975090810     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.125.571     Document Type: Article

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