Recommended minimal requirements and development guidelines for exposure setups of bio-experiments addressing the health risk concern of wireless communications

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 508-514

  Kuster, Niels ^a   Schönborn, Frank ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Exposure conditions; Exposure setups; Mobile phones; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE SETUP; HEALTH EFFECTS; OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RADIOFREQUENCIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY; RISK FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0034296569     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-186X(200010)21:7<508::AID-BEM4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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