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Table 2 Average magnetic field exposures among 20,141 Swiss railway workers.

From: Cardiovascular mortality and exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields: a cohort study of Swiss railway workers

Exposure measure

Station

master

Train

attendant

Shunting

yard

engineer

Train driver

Average exposure in 1980 [μT]

0.7

1.8

5.5

21.4

Average exposure in 2000 [μT]

1.0

4.2

6.0

21.0

Median cumulative lifetime exposure [μT-years]

5.7

13.3

42.1

120.5

  1. Values are given in μT or μT-years for each occupational group.