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Comparative dosimetry for children and rodents exposed to extremely low‐frequency magnetic fields
Author(s) -
Gong Yijian,
Capstick Myles,
Dasenbrock Clemens,
Fedrowitz Maren,
Cobaleda Cesar,
SánchezGarcía Isidro,
Kuster Niels
Publication year - 2016
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.21976
Subject(s) - bioelectromagnetics , in vivo , ionizing radiation , dosimetry , nuclear medicine , electric field , magnetic field , non ionizing radiation , medicine , physics , nuclear magnetic resonance , biology , optics , nuclear physics , irradiation , microbiology and biotechnology , quantum mechanics
We describe a method to correlate E‐fields induced by exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields in laboratory mice and rats during in vivo experiments to those induced in children. Four different approaches of mapping relative dose rates between humans and rodents are herein proposed and analyzed. Based on these mapping methods and volume averaging guidelines published by the International Commission on Non‐Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNRP) in 2010, maximum and median induced field values for whole body and for tissues of children and rodents were evaluated and compared. Median induced electric fields in children younger than 10 years old are in the range 5.9–8.5 V/m per T (±0.4 dB). Maximum induced electric fields, generally in the skin, are between 48 V/m and 228 V/m per T (±4 dB). To achieve induced electric fields of comparable magnitude in rodents, external magnetic field must be increased by a factor of 4.0 (±2.6 dB) for rats and 7.4 (±1.8 dB) for mice. Meanwhile, to achieve comparable magnetic field dose in rodents, ratio is close to one. These induced field dose rates for children and rodents can be used to quantifiably compare experimental data from in vivo studies with data on exposure of children from epidemiological studies, such as for leukemia. Bioelectromagnetics. 37:310–322, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.