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Non‐perceptible body current ELF effects as defined by electric shock safety data
Author(s) -
Bridges Jack E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.10047
Subject(s) - electric shock , electrical conductor , electric current , shock (circulatory) , current (fluid) , electrical engineering , medicine , engineering
Non‐perceptible body currents that arise from contacting exposed conductors that are part of household appliances, are considered in the light of past electric shock safety studies. When these appliances are touched, the older, nongrounded appliances exhibited orders of magnitude greater in‐tissue electric fields than the newer grounded appliances or other grounded, exposed, household conductors, such as water faucets. Bioelectromagnetics 23:542–544, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.