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King & Sandler 1996
King, R.W.P. and Sandler, S.S. (1996). Electric fields and currents induced in organs of the human body when exposed to ELF and VLF electromagnetic fields. Radio Science 31: doi: 10.1029/96RS01313. issn: 0048-6604.

Formulas for the transverse components of the electric and magnetic fields of the traveling-wave currents of three different types of three-wire, three-phase high-voltage power lines and of a typical VLF transmitter are given. From them, exposure situations for the human body are chosen which permit the analytical determination of the total current induced in that body. With this, the fraction of the total axial current, the axial current density, and the axial electric field in each organ of the body are obtained at any desired cross section. The dimensions and conductivity of these organs must be known. The electric field so obtained is the average macroscopic field in which the cells in each organ are immersed when the whole body is exposed to a known incident field. It corresponds in vivo to the electric field used in vitro to expose cells in tissues. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1996

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Keywords
Electromagnetics, Biological effects, Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic theory, Electromagnetics, Antennas
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Radio Science
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