Requirements for reliable worst-case assessment of human exposure to RF electromagnetic fields with known uncertainty

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 554-564

  Christ, Andreas ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Exposure, radiofrequency; Health effects; Modeling, dose assessment

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO WAVES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34248355157     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000265219.86389.cf     Document Type: Conference Paper

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