Development of a rat head exposure system for simulating human exposure to RF fields from handheld wireless telephones

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 4, 1999, Pages 75-92

  Chou, C K ^a,c   Chan, K W ^a,d   McDougall, J A ^a   Guy, A W ^b  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Transportation Research Analysis   (United States)

^c MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^d FCC Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Loop antenna; Microwave; RF dosimetry; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CURVE FITTING; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LOOP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RADIO WAVES; RATS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CT IMAGE; EXPOSURE SYSTEM; HANDHELDS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RAT MODEL; RF DOSIMETRY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE-BODY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TELEPHONE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TELEPHONE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0032618964     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:4+<75::AID-BEM10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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