Estimation of relative exposure levels for cellular phone users using a neural network

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 440-444

  Kim, Soo Chan ^a   Nam, Ki Chang ^b   Kim, Deok Won ^b  

^a Hankyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer model; Health risk; Individual exposure; SAR

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER MODELS; EXPOSURE LEVEL; INDIVIDUAL EXPOSURES; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; NEURAL NETWORK MODEL; NEURAL-NETWORKS; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

HEALTH RISKS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOBILE PHONE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 33748440951     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20203     Document Type: Article

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