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Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields pp 539–556Cite as

Medical Control of Employees in the Electrical Industry Exposed to Low Frequency Electric Fields

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Abstract

To ask if it is necessary to medically supervise employees in the electrical industry exposed to electric fields implies answering three questions :

  • First and foremost it is necessary for each country to specify the laws and habits which govern the medical supervision of workers in the electrical industry.

  • Then we must define the population exposed to fields and be as precise as possible about the physical value and the length of the exposure.

  • Finally we need to know if exposure to a field leads to clinical and biological changes and to try to understand how electromagnetic fields of low frequency act.

Once we have answered these three questions we go on to determine how to treat the subjects exposed to fields.

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    S. M. Michaelson

  3. National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Frascati, Italy

    A. Rindi

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Cabanes, J. (1985). Medical Control of Employees in the Electrical Industry Exposed to Low Frequency Electric Fields. In: Grandolfo, M., Michaelson, S.M., Rindi, A. (eds) Biological Effects and Dosimetry of Static and ELF Electromagnetic Fields. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2099-9_29

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