FDTD design of RF dosimetry apparatus to quantify the effects of near fields from mobile handsets on stress response mechanisms of human whole blood

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6 SPEC., 2002, Pages 563-577

  Lim, H B ^a   Cook, G G ^a   Barker, A T ^b   Coulton, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EM field polarization; FDTD; RF exposure; SAR; Stress response mechanisms of human whole blood; TEM cell

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VECTOR QUANTIZATION;

CRAWFORD TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC CELL; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MOBILE HANDSETS; RESONANT FREQUENCY DOSIMETRY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STRESS RESPONSE; VECTOR PARAMETERS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0036747382     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnm.465     Document Type: Article

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