Specific absorption rate and electric field measurements In the near field of six mobile phone base station antennas

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-312

  Toivonen, Tommi ^a   Toivo, Tim ^a   Puranen, Lauri ^a   Jokela, Kari ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Local sar; Occupational exposure; Radio frequency; Safety margin of exposure limits; Whole body SAR

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RADIO WAVES;

EXPOSURE LIMITS; LOCAL SAR; MARGINS OF EXPOSURES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCIES; SAFETY MARGIN; SAFETY MARGIN OF EXPOSURE LIMIT; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

CELLULAR PHONE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 66149113342     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20478     Document Type: Article

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