Determination of Safety Distance Limits for a Human Near a Cellular Base Station Antenna, Adopting the IEEE Standard or ICNIRP Guidelines

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 429-443

  Cooper, Justin ^a   Marx, Bernd ^a   Buhl, Johannes ^a   Hombach, Volker ^a  

^a T SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

GSM antenna; Near field dosimetry; Phantom; SAR; Tissue averaging; UHF frequency range

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAD; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOSAFETY; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN TISSUE; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION ANTENNA; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GUIDELINES; HEAD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SAFETY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

ANTENNAS; BASE STATIONS; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IEEE STANDARDS; PHANTOMS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

BASE STATION ANTENNAS; FREQUENCY RANGES; GSM ANTENNA; IEEE STANDARDS; NEAR FIELD DOSIMETRY; NEAR FIELDS; PHANTOMS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TISSUE AVERAGING; UHF FREQUENCY RANGE;

TISSUE;

EID: 0036727412     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.10037     Document Type: Article

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