Biological aspects of mobile communication fields

Wireless Networks

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-453

  Lin, James C ^a,b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DOSIMETRY; EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; MICROWAVE ENERGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIO FREQUENCY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031271812     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019198426770     Document Type: Article

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