Dosimetric assessment of an exposure system for simulating GSM and WCDMA mobile phone usage

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-327

  Bahr, Achim ^a   Dorn, Hans ^b   Bolz, Thomas ^a  

^a IMST GMBH   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDTD; GSM; Mobile communications; Mobile phone; RF; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DOSIMETRY; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PHANTOMS;

900 MHZ; DUAL BAND ANTENNAS; EXPOSURE SYSTEM; FDTD; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE PHONE USAGES; PHANTOMS; PROPERTY; RF; WCDMA;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ANTENNA; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MOBILE PHONE; MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 33646256294     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20218     Document Type: Article

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