Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition

Table 9.5. Comparison Of Measured And Theoretical Short-Circuit Body Current For Man Exposed To VLF-MF Electric Fields With Feet Grounded (Guy and Chou, 1982)

Location and
E-Field Strength		 Frequency
(kHz)		 Measured Current
(mA / (kV/m) )		 Theoretical Current
(mA/ (kV/m) )
Wet asphalt
Haiku, Hawaii, Omega Station,
E = 1 kV/m, height of subject = 1.77 m		 10.2 2.9 2.88
Lualualei, Hawaii, Naval VLF Station,
E = 1 to 2 kV/m, height of subject = 1.77 m		 23.4 6.75 6.60
Jim Creek, Washington Naval VLF Station,
E = 487 V/m
Subject No. 1 (height = 1.77 m) (weight = 80 kg) 24.8 6.0 6.60
Subject No. 2 (height = 1.77 m) (weight = 65 kg) 24.8 5.6 6.60
Subject No. 3 (height = 1.68 m)* (weight = 64 kg) 24.8 6.22 6.60
Right hand over head
Subject No. 1 24.8 7.23 7.39
Subject No. 2 24.8 6.27 7.39
Subject No. 3 24.8 6.97 7.39
Lualualei, Hawaii, Naval LF Station,
E = 76 V/m, height of subject = 1.77 m		 146.08 35.5 41.2
Broadcast stations, Las Vegas, Nevada
by Tell et al. (1979)
E = 0.1-63 V/m height of subject = 1.68 m*		 720.0 216.0 203.0
920.0 336.0 259.0
1145.0 366.0 322.0
1350.0 405.0 380.0
1470.0 560.0 414.0

* Current corrected for height of 1.77 m.

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