Temperature rise for the human head for cellular telephones and for peak SARs prescribed in safety guidelines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1607-1613

  Gandhi, Om P ^a   Li, Qing Xiang ^a   Kang, Gang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic model of the head; Cellular telephones; Safety standards; Temperature increase

Indexed keywords

SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES (SAR);

BRAIN; CODES (STANDARDS); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); THERMAL EFFECTS; TISSUE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035444808     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.942573     Document Type: Article

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