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Document ID (ISN)41450
CIS number 84-391
Year 1983
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Sander R.
Title Biological effects of 50Hz magnetic fields
Original title Biologische Wirkungen magnetischer 50-Hz-Felder [in German]
Bibliographic information Institut zur Erforschung elektrischer Unfälle, Gustav-Heinemann-Ufer 130, 5000 Köln 51, Federal Republic of Germany; Medizinisch-technischer Bericht 1983. 68p. Illus. 72 ref.
Abstract Report on laboratory experiments with a magnetic field oscillating at 50Hz with a maximum flux density of 5mT, in continuation of experiments reported in CIS 81-412. Contents: present state of physical and physiological knowledge, methods and equipment, preliminary animal experiments, measuring techniques, clinical and neurophysiological studies, results and discussion. The experiments give no reason to expect any effects, let alone pathological ones, from magnetic fields with frequencies of 50Hz and flux densities of 5mT or less.
Descriptors (primary) electricity; magnetic fields; biological effects
Descriptors (secondary) report; electromagnetic fields; human experiments; animal experiments; overhead electric lines
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Radiation
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Electromagnetic fields
Electricity