Classification of personal exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) for epidemiological research: Evaluation of different exposure assessment methods

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 714-720

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

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ARIAS Umweltforschungberatung   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Seibersdorf Labor   (Austria)

^f AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

DECT cordless phone; Exposure assessment method; Mobile phone base station; Radio and television broadcast; Radio frequency electromagnetic field (RF EMF); Wireless LAN (W LAN)

Indexed keywords

CORDLESS TELEPHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; RADIO WAVES; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

CORDLESS PHONES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; EXPOSURE PREDICTION; MOBILE PHONE BASE STATIONS; PROPAGATION MODELING; RADIO FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; SPEARMAN CORRELATION;

EXPOSURE CONTROLS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL PHONES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954535027     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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