Evaluation of exposure levels generated by cellular systems: Methodology and results

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1322-1329

  Barbiroli, Marina ^a   Carciofi, Claudia ^b   Degli Esposti, Vittorio ^a   Falciasecca, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular system; Exposure levels; Measurements; Propagation

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; INSTALLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; USER INTERFACES;

ANTENNA INSTALLATIONS; BASE STATIONS; EXPOSURE LEVELS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036879627     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2002.804854     Document Type: Article

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