Thermal implications of the new relaxed IEEE RF safety standard for head exposures to cellular telephones at 835 and 1900 MHz

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3146-3153

  Li, Qing Xiang ^a,b   Gandhi, Om P ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomic model of the head; Cellular telephones; Safety standards; Temperature increase in brain

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL OF THE HEAD; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; SAFETY STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN BRAIN;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAIN; CODES (STANDARDS); NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 33746403371     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.877050     Document Type: Article

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