Exposures to Electromagnetic Fields While Operating Walk-Through and Hand-Held Metal Detectors

Details

• Personal Author:
  Moss, C. Eugene
• Description:
  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a health hazard evaluation to evaluate occupational exposure to magnetic fields generated by metal detectors located in various U.S. courthouses. Visitors entering federal courthouses today are checked for weapons and explosive devices using metal detectors. All federal courthouses use very similar metal detection eauipment. In this evaluation, a total of 52 walk-through style (denoted as arch in this report) and several types of handheld metal detectors were evaluated in federal courthouses located in 15 states over a 17-day period. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Electrical Equipment And Supplies Electromagnetic Phenomena Environmental Monitoring Magnetic Fields Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Electromagnetic-fields Electronic-devices Electronic-equipment Exposure-assessment Exposure-levels Exposure-limits Magnetic-fields
• ISSN:
  1047-322X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028702
• Citation:
  Appl Occup Environ Hyg 1998 Jul; 13(7):501-504
• Editor(s):
  Tharr D
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d47531b8176445f109d0e9ea1b04abaad94e691e585729cdd0e3aed63c2b86d471bab8668a17291cb806f90d59f8132227be276bc4999c5e9d741a897eacc5a2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189892/cdc_189892_DS1.pdf
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