An experimental set-up for measurement of the power absorbed from 900 MHz GSM standing waves by small animals, illustrated by application to picrotoxin-treated rats

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2008, Pages 149-165

  Lopez Martin, E ^a   Bregains J C ^a   Jorge Barreiro, F J ^a   Sebastian Franco J L ^b   Moreno Piquero, E ^a   Ares Pena, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; ELASTIC WAVES; RATS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; VIDEO CAMERAS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POWER SPECTRUM; RADAR ANTENNAS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; STANDING WAVE METERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; WAVES;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; EXPERIMENTAL SET UP; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; PIRIFORM CORTEX; RADIATING SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

ANIMALS;

900 MHZ; ABSORBED POWERS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS; EXPERIMENTAL SET-UP; EXTERNAL-; METALLIC BOXES; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; POWER METERS; RADIATING SYSTEMS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SMALL ANIMALS; STANDING WAVES;

EID: 58149112106     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER08101307     Document Type: Article

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