Personal dosimetry of exposure to mobile telephone base stations? An epidemiologic feasibility study comparing the Maschek dosimeter prototype and the antennessa DSP-090 system

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-81

  Radon, Katja ^a,d   Spegel, Hedwig ^a   Meyer, Nicole ^a   Klein, Jerome ^a   Brix, Jutta ^b   Wiedenhofer, Arno ^c   Eder, Heinrich ^c   Praml, Georg ^a   Schulze, Anja ^a   Ehrenstein, Vera ^a   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a   Nowak, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health   (Germany)

^c Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Mobile phone base stations; Sensitivity to electricity

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; DOSIMETERS;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC-STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; MOBILE TELEPHONES; SENSITIVITY TO ELECTRICITY;

DOSIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 30344483591     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20175     Document Type: Article

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