Survey of electromagnetic field exposure in bedrooms of residences in Lower Austria

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 200-208

  Tomitsch, Johannes ^a   Dechant, Engelbert ^a   Frank, Wilhelm ^b  

^a European Center for Environmental Medicine   (Austria)

^b European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

DECT; Field study; Measurements; Mobile phone base stations; Reduction measures

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION;

AUSTRIA; DIGITAL ENHANCED CORDLESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; FIELD STUDIES; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; RADIOFREQUENCIES; REDUCTION MEASURES; SIMPLE++;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BED; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POWER SUPPLY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

ARCHITECTURE AS TOPIC; AUSTRIA; BEDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOUSING; PHOTOPERIOD; RURAL POPULATION; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952049047     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20548     Document Type: Article

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