Biomedical concerns in wireless communications

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-151

  Stuchly, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological effects; Electromagnetic fields; Experimental methods; Numerical methods; Power deposition; Radiofrequency; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE INTERFERENCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEALTH RISKS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) TECHNIQUE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTOMATION; BIOENGINEERING; CARCINOGENESIS; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0031671493     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v26.i1-2.20     Document Type: Review

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