Comparison of SAR and induced current densities in adults and children exposed to electromagnetic fields from electronic article surveillance devices

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1041-1055

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

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DIFFERENT SIZES; DRIVING CURRENT; ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCES; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NUMERICAL PHANTOMS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INDUCED CURRENTS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 76149094903     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/4/009     Document Type: Article

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