Assessment of RF exposures from emerging wireless communication technologies in different environments

Health Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-172

  Joseph, Wout ^a   Verloock, Leen ^a   Goeminne, Francis ^a   Vermeeren, Gönter ^a   Martens, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

electromagnetic fields; exposure, population; radiation, non ionizing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIO WAVES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84855577617     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31822f8e39     Document Type: Article

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