Study type:
Medical/biological study
(experimental study)
[Eye heating caused by microwave ovens]
med./bio.
Augen-Erwärmung, verursacht durch Mikrowellen-Öfen
By:
Leitgeb N, Tropper K
Published in: Biomed Tech 1993; 38 (1-2): 17-20
Aim of study (acc. to author)
Endpoint
Exposure
Exposure |
Parameters |
Exposure 1:
Exposure duration:
continuous for 60 min
|
-
power density:
200 mW/cm²
unspecified
(at a distance of 5 cm from the oven.)
|
Exposure 2:
Exposure duration:
continuous for 60 min
|
-
power density:
200 W/m²
unspecified
(the gap of the door kept at 2.3 cm .)
-
power density:
400 W/m²
minimum
(50 mW/cm² maximum value; just before automatic-switchoff with the gap of the door kept at 2.6 cm.)
|
Exposure duration
|
continuous for 60 min
|
Exposure source
|
|
Setup
|
The eyes were held by a PVC-holder outside the oven with the door kept close.
|
Measurand |
Value |
Type |
Method |
Mass |
Remarks |
power density
|
200 mW/cm²
|
unspecified
|
measured
|
-
|
at a distance of 5 cm from the oven.
|
Exposure duration
|
continuous for 60 min
|
Exposure source
|
|
Setup
|
The eyes were held by a PVC-holder outside the oven with the door kept open at gaps of 2.3 and 2.6 cm
|
Measurand |
Value |
Type |
Method |
Mass |
Remarks |
power density
|
200 W/m²
|
unspecified
|
measured
|
-
|
the gap of the door kept at 2.3 cm .
|
power density
|
400 W/m²
|
minimum
|
measured
|
-
|
50 mW/cm² maximum value; just before automatic-switchoff with the gap of the door kept at 2.6 cm.
|
Methods
Endpoint/measurement parameters/methodology
Investigated system:
Investigated organ system:
Main outcome of study (acc. to author)
Study funded by