title: Dosimetry in models of child and adult for low-frequency electric field.
abstract: Induced electric field and current density in a child's body exposed to a 60-Hz electric field are calculated and compared with those for an adult's body. Because of the different proportions of the child body relative to those of the adult body, differences in the induced electric field and current density values in various organs are observed. These results are interpreted in terms of international guideline limits, and hypotheses regarding plausible interactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Caputa
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Stuchly
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004560:Electricity; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011830:Radiation Effects; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*