Statistical perturbations in personal exposure meters caused by the human body in dynamic outdoor environments

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-217

  Rodríguez, Begoña ^a   Blas, Juan ^b   Lorenzo, Rubén M ^b   Fernández, Patricia ^b   Abril, Evaristo J ^b  

^a Centro Tecnologico para El Desarrollo de Las Telecomunicaciones de Castilla y Leon   (Spain)

^b Department of Signal Theory   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exposimeter; Exposure assessment; PEM; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RAY TRACING;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; E-FIELD; EXPOSIMETER; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN BODIES; P-VALUES; PERSONAL EXPOSURE METER; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RADIOFREQUENCIES; SHADOWING EFFECTS;

EXPOSURE METERS;

ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; CELLULAR PHONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 79952052364     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20627     Document Type: Article

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