A model for radiofrequency electromagnetic field predictions at outdoor and indoor locations in the context of epidemiological research

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 226-236

  Bürgi, Alfred ^a   Frei, Patrizia ^b,c   Theis, Gaston ^d   Mohler, Evelyn ^b,c   Braun Fahrländer, Charlotte ^c   Fröhlich, Jürg ^e   Neubauer, Georg ^f   Egger, Matthias ^b   Röösli, Martin ^b,c  

^a ARIAS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Air Quality Management Agency of Basel   (Switzerland)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Broadcast transmitter; Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Exposure model; Mobile communication base station; Mobile phone; Non ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; FORECASTING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; TRANSMITTERS;

BROADCAST TRANSMITTER; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE MODELS; FIXED SITE; GEOSPATIAL MODEL; INDOOR LOCATIONS; INDOOR MEASUREMENT; MOBILE COMMUNICATION BASE STATION; NONIONIZING RADIATION; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOUSING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HOUSING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952046148     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20552     Document Type: Article

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