Estimation formulas for the specific absorption rate in humans exposed to base-station antennas

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 909-922

  Gosselin, Marie Christine ^a   Vermeeren, Günter ^b   Kühn, Sven ^a   Kellerman, Valpré ^c   Benkler, Stefan ^d   Uusitupa, Tero M I ^e   Joseph, Wout ^b   Gati, Azeddine ^f   Wiart, Joe ^f   Meyer, Frans J C ^c   Martens, Luc ^b   Nojima, Toshio ^g   Hikage, Takashi ^g   Balzano, Quirino ^h   Christ, Andreas ^a   Kuster, Niels ^a  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c EM Software and Systems SA Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

^d Schmid & Partner Engineering AG   (Switzerland)

^e AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^f TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical models; base station antennas; electromagnetic fields; occupational exposure; safety limits; specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL MODELS; BASE-STATION ANTENNAS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY LIMITS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADAR ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 81955168080     PISSN: 00189375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEMC.2011.2139216     Document Type: Article

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