Assessment of induced SAR in children exposed to electromagnetic plane waves between 10 MHz and 5.6 GHz

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3115-3130

  Bakker, J F ^a   Paulides, M M ^a   Christ, A ^b   Kuster, N ^b   Van Rhoon, G C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PLANE WAVE; FINE TUNING; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION; ORTHOGONAL PLANE; REFERENCE LEVELS; SAR 10-G; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TISSUE PROPERTIES; WHOLE-BODY;

ELASTIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SHIELDING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77952480451     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/11/009     Document Type: Article

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