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Frequency
Domain: Health and safety at work => Risk factors => Radiations
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Countable
Definition
Number of sinusoidal cycles completed by electromagnetic waves in 1 s; usually expressed in hertz (Hz).
Definition source
"Guidelines for limiting exposure to time-varying electric, magnetic and electro-magnetic fields (up to 300 GHz)" - International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)
European legislation
Amendment Directive 2004/40/CE, Recommendations 1999/512/EC, 1999/519/EC
British legislation
The Ionising Radiations Regulations 1999, Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
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