Characteristics of the SAR distributions in a head exposed to electromagnetic fields radiated by a hand-held portable radio

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 10 PART 2, 1996, Pages 1874-1883

  Watanabe, So Ichi ^a  

^a Tokyo MetropolitanUnivcrsity ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; RADIO; RADIO TELEPHONE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN; HAND HELD PORTABLE RADIO; HUMAN HEAD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WAVELENGTH MONOPOLE ANTENNA;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION;

EID: 0030257469     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.539946     Document Type: Article

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