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National Research Council (US) Committee on Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN). Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of Ground Wave Emergency Network. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1993.

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TABLE 3-1Calculated Maximum Values of Current Density (JT,max) and Electric Field (ET,max) for Some Representative Sections of Anatomically Based Human Model (E = 50 V/m; B = 0.7 mG)

Section of BodyHeight above ground, cmJT, max, µA/cm2 ET, max, mV/m
Brain165.73.5170
Neck155.28.1380
Lung140.87.2475
Heart133.08.4250
Kidney122.57.1220
Liver117.27.5200
Bladder89.710.4405
Ankle16.471.42,140

From: 3, Coupling of GWEN Electromagnetic Fields to the Human Body

Copyright 1993 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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