Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition

Table 9.1. Summary of Electric-Current Effects on Humans (Guy and Chou, 1982)

Electric Shock Gender 0.06-kHz Current
(mA)		 10.0-kHz Current
(mA)		 Spark Discharge
Energy
No sensation Men
0.4
7
in hand Women
0.3
5
Threshold of Men
1.1
12
0.12mJ
perception Women
0.7
8
C=1000 pF
V=350 V
Shock - Men
1.8
17
0.5-1.5 mJ
not painful Women
1.2
11
C=1000 pF
V=0.7-1.2 kV
Painful shock; Men
9.0
55
muscle control Women
6.0
37
Children
5.0
27
Painful shock; Men
16.0
75
let-go threshold Women
10.5
50
Severe Men
23.0
94
shock Women
15.0
63


Threshold for radiofrequency burns: 200 mA

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