Personal telecommunication radiation safety and the precautionary principle

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-143

  Lin, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological effects of radio frequency radiation; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic radiation effects; Exposure guidelines; Exposure standards; Human health and safety; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Permissible exposure limits; Precautionary principle; Risk assessment; Risk management; Safety margin

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE LIMITS; PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATION RADIATION; SAFETY MARGIN;

RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0037707028     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2003.1203132     Document Type: Article

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