Impacts of RF radiation on the human body in a passive wireless healthcare environment

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2008, PervasiveHealth

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-182

  Arumugam, Darmindra D ^b   Gautham, Ananyaa ^b   Narayanaswamy, Gaurov ^b   Engels, Daniel W ^a  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIO RECEIVERS; TECHNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; COMMUNICATING DEVICES; COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN TISSUES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOW POWERS; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; PERVASIVE HEALTH-CARE; RADIO-FREQUENCY RADIATIONS; RF RADIATIONS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES; WIRELESS DEVICES;

HEALTH;

EID: 52149103156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571064     Document Type: Conference Paper

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