Skin temperature increase caused by a mobile phone: A methodological infrared camera study

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 510-519

  Straume, Aksel ^a   Oftedal, Gunnhild ^a   Johnsson, Anders ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Cheek; Ear; Insulation; Radiofrequency fields

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CAMERAS; ELECTRIC LOSSES; THERMAL INSULATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; CHEEK; EAR; ELECTRICAL POWER; INFRA-RED CAMERAS; INFRARED CAMERAS; POWER-DISSIPATION; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURES;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CAMERA; EAR; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 24344499077     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20124     Document Type: Article

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