Radiofrequency exposure in the French general population: Band, time, location and activity variability

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1150-1154

  Viel, Jean François ^a   Cardis, Elisabeth ^b   Moissonnier, Monika ^c   de Seze, René ^d   Hours, Martine ^e  

^a Laboratory of Immunology   (France)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Base station; Cellular phone; Cordless phone; Exposure assessment; FM; Radiofrequency; TV; WiFi

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; CORDLESS TELEPHONES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXPOSURE METERS; FERMIUM; MOBILE PHONES; SURVEYS; TELEVISION; WI-FI; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CELLULAR PHONE; CORDLESS PHONES; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY EXPOSURE; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

TELEPHONE SETS;

DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIO WAVE; THRESHOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349464792     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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