title: Induction heating and operator exposure to electromagnetic fields.
abstract: Alternating magnetic fields are used in industry for induction heating of metals and semiconductors. Relatively high power, typically of a few to a few hundred of kW is used, and a frequency of operation ranges from 60 Hz to a few tens of MHz. A survey of the magnetic field strengths to which the operators are exposed has shown that these exposures are, in many instances, high compared with recommended exposure limits.
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006361:Heating / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D009787:Occupational Medicine