Children and adults exposed to electromagnetic fields at the ICNIRP reference levels: Theoretical assessment of the induced peak temperature increase

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 4967-4989

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

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; EXPOSURE-TIME; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON NON-IONIZING RADIATION PROTECTION; MODEL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PEAK TEMPERATURES; PLANE WAVE; REFERENCE LEVELS; SAR 10-G; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TISSUE HEATING; WHOLE-BODY; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; HEATING; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELDING; RATING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79961083420     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/15/020     Document Type: Article

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