Absorption Characteristics of Multilayered Sphere Models Exposed to UHF/ Microwave Radiation

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn BME-22, Issue 6, 1975, Pages 468-476

  Weil, Claude M ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; ELECTRIC HAZARD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INJURY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION ABSORPTION; TELEMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAD; HUMAN; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; RADIATION, NONIONIZING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - RADIATION HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0016588125     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.1975.324467     Document Type: Article

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