FDTD assessment of human exposure to electromagnetic fields from WiFi and bluetooth devices in some operating situations

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-151

  Martinez Burdalo M ^a   Martin A ^a   Sanchis, A ^a   Villar, R ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational bioelectromagnetics; Dosimetry assessment; Environmental safety; Finite difference methods; Numerical dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

BIO-ELECTROMAGNETICS; BLUETOOTH ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOELECTROMAGNETIC; DOSIMETRY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NUMERICAL DOSIMETRY; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS;

EID: 63149164370     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20455     Document Type: Article

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