Simulation of exposure and SAR estimation for adult and child heads exposed to radiofrequency energy from portable communication devices

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 580-590

  Bit Babik, G ^a   Guy, A W ^b   Chou, C K ^a   Faraone, A ^a   Kanda, M ^a   Gessner, A ^a   Wang, J ^c   Fujiwara, O ^c  

^a MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEAD; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; ADULT; CHILD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEAD; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 19444364972     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3353     Document Type: Article

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