On the safety assessment of human exposure in the proximity of cellular communications base-station antennas at 900, 1800 and 2170 MHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4125-4137

  Martinez Burdalo M ^a   Martin A ^a   Anguiano, M ^a   Villar, R ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BASE-STATION ANTENNAS; HUMAN EXPOSUTE; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 24044456381     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/17/015     Document Type: Article

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