Measurement setup and protocol for characterizing and testing radio frequency personal exposure meters

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-85

  Lauer, Oliver ^a   Neubauer, Georg ^b   Röösli, Martin ^c   Riederer, Markus ^d   Frei, Patrizia ^c   Mohler, Evelyn ^c   Fröhlich, Jürg ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Federal Office of Communication   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic fields; Epidemiology; Measurement accuracy; Personal exposure

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; EXPOSURE METERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; MEASUREMENT SETUP; MODULATED SIGNAL; PERFORMANCE; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TELEVISION;

CELLULAR PHONE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; TELEVISION;

EID: 82555189757     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.20687     Document Type: Article

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