Assessment of general public exposure to LTE and RF sources present in an urban environment

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 576-579

  Joseph, Wout ^a   Verloock, Leen ^a   Goeminne, Francis ^a   Vermeeren, Günter ^a   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

General public exposure; LTE; RF measurement

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONIZING RADIATION; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); RADIATION PROTECTION;

CELLULAR BASE STATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EXPOSURE; GENERAL PUBLIC EXPOSURE; GENERAL PUBLICS; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; PUBLIC EXPOSURE; RADIO FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; RADIOFREQUENCIES; STOCKHOLM; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

FREQUENCY MODULATION;

ARTICLE; CITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH; INSTRUMENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO WAVES; SWEDEN; URBAN HEALTH; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77956892299     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20594     Document Type: Article

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