Numerical assessment of induced ELF currents in the human head due to the battery current of a digital mobile phone

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 648-656

  Ilvonen, Sami ^a   Sihvonen, Ari Pekka ^b   Kärkkäinen, Kimmo ^a,c   Sarvas, Jukka ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; ELF; FEM; FIT; GSM; Quasi static

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; IONIZING RADIATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

'CURRENT; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; FIELD-INDUCED; FINITE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; FINITE-INTEGRATION TECHNIQUE; HUMAN HEAD; LOW FREQUENCY FIELDS; LOW-FREQUENCY CURRENTS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; QUASI-STATIC;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY FIELD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27744494840     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20159     Document Type: Article

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