Thermal response of tissues to millimeter waves: Implications for setting exposure guidelines

Health Physics

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 806-810

  Foster, Kenneth R ^a   Zhang, Harvey ^a   Osepchuk, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

exposure; microwaves; radiofrequency; standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BODY TEMPERATURE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MICROWAVES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78649542259     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181db29e6     Document Type: Article

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